I haven't been troubled by squirrels as yet but I occasionally set traps
to catch stray cats which are then put to sleep by a local authority.
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Chris Bee [/b][/quote]

I find this message upsetting. There is nothing illegal in the actions described in it, but, rather, what is upseting is the casual tone in which putting cats to death is presented as a solution to the "bother" they cause. After all, it's living beings, able to feel pain, to attach themselves to people etc., we are talking about.
From this standpoint, I was particularly dismayed by the systematic nature of the reader's practice to "occasionally put out traps.." I'd have hoped that all the horrors of last century would have taught us to respect and value all life, or, at the very least, to think seriously about the necessity of killing a living being before taking such a step.