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Help - Squirrels ate my garden
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:49:09 +0000, K wrote:
Someone earlier in the thread said " They are legally classed as vermin, like rats, mice etc." .... er, wait a minute - wasn't that you? ;-) Well spotted but at least we have all learnt something. The statemnet should have read "They are classed as vermin, like rats, mice etc.". I am rather surprised that there is, apparently, no legal definition of vermin but then leaving it open means that the dictionary definition applies. What could be "vermin" in one place and/or situation may not be "vermin" in another. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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Help - Squirrels ate my garden
Dave Liquorice writes
On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:49:09 +0000, K wrote: Someone earlier in the thread said " They are legally classed as vermin, like rats, mice etc." .... er, wait a minute - wasn't that you? ;-) Well spotted but at least we have all learnt something. The statemnet should have read "They are classed as vermin, like rats, mice etc.". I am rather surprised that there is, apparently, no legal definition of vermin but then leaving it open means that the dictionary definition applies. What could be "vermin" in one place and/or situation may not be "vermin" in another. Very true. I can understand how much of a nuisance grey squirrels can be, but living in an urban area with very little in the way of wild mammals, the very few grey squirrels we have are a welcome addition. -- Kay |
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Help - Squirrels ate my garden
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 19:26:47 +0000, K wrote:
What could be "vermin" in one place and/or situation may not be "vermin" in another. Very true. I can understand how much of a nuisance grey squirrels can be, but living in an urban area with very little in the way of wild mammals, the very few grey squirrels we have are a welcome addition. Aye, living in one of the few areas of England that still has Red Squirrels any grey that puts in an appearance is dicing with its life. Greys have been spotted recently, there has been local fund raising for traps and a "hotline" to one of the licenced keepers well publicised. It's not so much the out competing, I suspect the numbers of greys could be controlled perfectly well by culling but squirrel pox. Greys carry pox with little or no symptoms, pox has a very high morbity rate in Reds, killing in less than a two weeks. -- Cheers Dave. pam is missing e-mail |
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