"Gareth" wrote in
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I bought a squirrel cage trap from Amazon and caught a squirrel within
10 minutes of leaving the trap open in the garden.

Once caught I quickly realised that I didn't have it in me to kill the
squirrel - as destructive as they are in chewing timber frame houses
and damaging plants and trees.

A pest control company will charge to destroy them but this incredibly
involves clubbing the poor buggers to death having placed them in a
sack. Doesn't sound right to me. A local vet will charge a
consultation fee plus other charges to humanely destroy a caught
squirrel - about £60.

I've been told that you can't release them once caught. But what harm
would it do to release a squirrel in a local forest miles away from
anyone where there are already thousands - probably millions - of the
critters? I'm not saying there is no harm just asking for an
understanding of what it is.


Contact your local council, they will probably do it for free.
Our local council ridded us of a potential pigeon problem.

Baz