On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:46:11 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Nowadays in the UK, snares have to have a stop to prevent the animal
choking itself to death.

Erm, is that the whole idea of a snare?

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Shooting may be unpleasant, but myxomatosis is worse, and is more likely in
an overcrowded warren. Maybe some snares? Also nasty - and I'm not sure I
could myself - but supposedly quite quick.

Nowadays in the UK, snares have to have a stop to prevent the animal
choking itself to death.

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On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 18:00:16 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:46:11 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Nowadays in the UK, snares have to have a stop to prevent the animal
choking itself to death.

Erm, is that the whole idea of a snare?

A bit like the joke about the guillotine with a bit sticking out to
stop the blade half way down.
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On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 20:59:07 +0100, martin wrote:

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 18:00:16 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:46:11 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Nowadays in the UK, snares have to have a stop to prevent the animal
choking itself to death.

Erm, is that the whole idea of a snare?

A bit like the joke about the guillotine with a bit sticking out to
stop the blade half way down.

That must have had them rolling in the isle!

Dick..!













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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:46:11 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Nowadays in the UK, snares have to have a stop to prevent the animal
choking itself to death.

Erm, is that the whole idea of a snare?

The idea is to catch the animal, not to kill it (slowly).

You can give it the chop when you find it, or do what ever you intended
to do with it. It's also an insurance against assassinating Miss Povey's
Prize Persian - thobut I wouldn't fancy the job of releasing it......

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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:46:11 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Nowadays in the UK, snares have to have a stop to prevent the animal
choking itself to death.

Erm, is that the whole idea of a snare?

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 18:00:16 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:46:11 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Nowadays in the UK, snares have to have a stop to prevent the animal
choking itself to death.

Erm, is that the whole idea of a snare?

A bit like the joke about the guillotine with a bit sticking out to
stop the blade half way down.
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 20:59:07 +0100, martin wrote:

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 18:00:16 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Liquorice"
wrote:

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:46:11 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Nowadays in the UK, snares have to have a stop to prevent the animal
choking itself to death.

Erm, is that the whole idea of a snare?

A bit like the joke about the guillotine with a bit sticking out to
stop the blade half way down.

That must have had them rolling in the isle!

Dick..!













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Since I stopped donating money to CONservation hooligan charities
Like the RSPB, Woodland Trust and all the other fat cat charities
I am in the top 0.217% richest people in the world.
There are 5,986,950,449 people poorer than me

If you're really interested I am the 13,049,551
richest person in the world.

And I'm keeping the bloody lot.

So sue me.

http://www.globalrichlist.com/

Newsgroup ettiquette

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2) Say you've killfiled them, yet continue to respond.
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5) Publicly post killfile rules so the Trolls know
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On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:46:11 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

Nowadays in the UK, snares have to have a stop to prevent the animal
choking itself to death.

Erm, is that the whole idea of a snare?

The idea is to catch the animal, not to kill it (slowly).

You can give it the chop when you find it, or do what ever you intended
to do with it. It's also an insurance against assassinating Miss Povey's
Prize Persian - thobut I wouldn't fancy the job of releasing it......

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In article ,
lid says...
I am intending planting about 200 leylandii saplings, each about 2 foot
tall to delineate a boundary. We have a wild rabbit problem and similar
saplings put in about 4 years ago had the protection of rabbit fencing.
This has been removed now, and already some bark damage is evident to
the original, fairly well established plants. The size of the area makes
control difficult. What is the best means of physically protecting the
new saplings from nibbling damage? As we are talking a couple of hundred
plants cost is a major issue. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies, even if some posters did succumb to the
temptation of being sidetracked :-) I guess bark protection via tubes
WILL stunt lower growth, and that is something I want, so I am coming
around to the thought that rabbit fencing will be required.

--

Best regards,
Chris.

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:11:13 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

The idea is to catch the animal, not to kill it (slowly).

Hum, so restraining an animal, presumably around the neck, tight
enough so that it can't escape until you happen to come along checking
your snares maybe 24hrs later is OK? It may also be attacked or
harried by a predator and not be able to escape. Oh and of course
it'll almost certainly try to escape for quite a while after being
caught, until it reaches the point of exhaustion. What about rain or
heavy dew, animal will can't keep warm and dies of hypothermia...

Seems to me a death by strangulation within minutes of getting snared
is far better.

It's also an insurance against assassinating Miss Povey's Prize
Persian - thobut I wouldn't fancy the job of releasing it......

It's a cat, tough. Why is a valuable cat being allowed to wander
freely?

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

In article ,
lid says...
I am intending planting about 200 leylandii saplings, each about 2 foot
tall to delineate a boundary. We have a wild rabbit problem and similar
saplings put in about 4 years ago had the protection of rabbit fencing.
This has been removed now, and already some bark damage is evident to
the original, fairly well established plants. The size of the area makes
control difficult. What is the best means of physically protecting the
new saplings from nibbling damage? As we are talking a couple of hundred
plants cost is a major issue. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies, even if some posters did succumb to the
temptation of being sidetracked :-) I guess bark protection via tubes
WILL stunt lower growth, and that is something I want, so I am coming
around to the thought that rabbit fencing will be required.

--

Best regards,
Chris.

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:11:13 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

The idea is to catch the animal, not to kill it (slowly).

Hum, so restraining an animal, presumably around the neck, tight
enough so that it can't escape until you happen to come along checking
your snares maybe 24hrs later is OK? It may also be attacked or
harried by a predator and not be able to escape. Oh and of course
it'll almost certainly try to escape for quite a while after being
caught, until it reaches the point of exhaustion. What about rain or
heavy dew, animal will can't keep warm and dies of hypothermia...

Seems to me a death by strangulation within minutes of getting snared
is far better.

It's also an insurance against assassinating Miss Povey's Prize
Persian - thobut I wouldn't fancy the job of releasing it......

It's a cat, tough. Why is a valuable cat being allowed to wander
freely?

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

In article ,
lid says...
I am intending planting about 200 leylandii saplings, each about 2 foot
tall to delineate a boundary. We have a wild rabbit problem and similar
saplings put in about 4 years ago had the protection of rabbit fencing.
This has been removed now, and already some bark damage is evident to
the original, fairly well established plants. The size of the area makes
control difficult. What is the best means of physically protecting the
new saplings from nibbling damage? As we are talking a couple of hundred
plants cost is a major issue. Thanks.

Thanks for the replies, even if some posters did succumb to the
temptation of being sidetracked :-) I guess bark protection via tubes
WILL stunt lower growth, and that is something I want, so I am coming
around to the thought that rabbit fencing will be required.

--

Best regards,
Chris.

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 20:11:13 GMT, Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:

The idea is to catch the animal, not to kill it (slowly).

Hum, so restraining an animal, presumably around the neck, tight
enough so that it can't escape until you happen to come along checking
your snares maybe 24hrs later is OK? It may also be attacked or
harried by a predator and not be able to escape. Oh and of course
it'll almost certainly try to escape for quite a while after being
caught, until it reaches the point of exhaustion. What about rain or
heavy dew, animal will can't keep warm and dies of hypothermia...

Seems to me a death by strangulation within minutes of getting snared
is far better.

It's also an insurance against assassinating Miss Povey's Prize
Persian - thobut I wouldn't fancy the job of releasing it......

It's a cat, tough. Why is a valuable cat being allowed to wander
freely?

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail