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Uncovered a rabbit nest iin my half-barrel planter
"Jangchub" wrote in message ... On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 20:58:09 -0500, "Nelly Wensdow" No, nothing wrong with NOT being vegetarian at al. It's my choice to be vegetarian. I do find that alfalfa pellets are rather inexpensive and rabbits like those, so I use it to deter the critters from plants. It doesn't stop the squirrels from coming down eating one bite from each on the tree. Even still, I would never consider trapping, live or otherwisem, the squirrel for fear they do have a nest somewhere and will be taken away from nurturing the infants. I'm well aware that if there are babies in my planter then there are probably a gazillion more underneath the shed & elsewhere, so whatever trapping there is to do will probably have to wait. But I will NOT feed them. They are attracted to these man-made structures, while nature has provided them a bounty across the street (but admittedly, I'm not at all sure whether they've already overpopulated that area or not...). The only things I go out of my way to feed are (native-only) birds; and except for hummingbirds, I often have doubts about how big of a favor I'm doing *them*. All I suggested to you was to grow a heart in that garden of yours. A little compassion goes a long way. If you rationalize it to mean you should kill animals because they are starving, this is not what I meant. So then, I reiterate: Why do you keep implying I have no heart? Would it surprise you to know that I relocate spiders & bugs I find in my house? That I've rescued toads, bees & mice from my *own* pool? That I have black rats living out back & don't ever bother them? That in another state I own & maintain 30-some acres of unspoiled woodlands thriving with chipmunks, squirrels, deer, native birds, hornets, spiders, mice, snakes, tortoises, salamanders, skinks, butterflies, moths, beetles, and numerous plant, mushroom, moss & lichen species? And, except for the mushrooms & a few wild herbs & berries, I don't bother any of them. Nobody in their right mind who knows me at all can say I don't respect nature. I think you've got me wrong, stranger. |
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