".............. Unlikely, squirrels have no brains to use for thinking

Squirrels read the daily mail? ......."

No they go for the Sun


--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

".............. Unlikely, squirrels have no brains to use for thinking

Squirrels read the daily mail? ......."

No they go for the Sun


--
David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

The message
from Inge Jones contains these words:
In article , alan@holmes-
g4crw.freeserve.co.uk says...

Unlikely, squirrels have no brains to use for thinking, the only way to
stop them is to trap them and dispose of them.

Lol! I don't like them at all, but I think there will be increasing
wildlife in towns as long as there are people who think it's helpful to
feed them.

Fortunately the squirrels that come through my garden don't seem as
aggressive as one we had in our last garden, who frequently threatened
and actually attacked my cat unprovoked once.

Many years ago when I had a cat, she would have welcomed such attention.
She used to delight in catching rats, stoats and weasels, and even rode
a fox away down the garden once when she had kittens. (And chased it the
next week.)

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Rusty
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The message
from Inge Jones contains these words:
In article , alan@holmes-
g4crw.freeserve.co.uk says...

Unlikely, squirrels have no brains to use for thinking, the only way to
stop them is to trap them and dispose of them.

Lol! I don't like them at all, but I think there will be increasing
wildlife in towns as long as there are people who think it's helpful to
feed them.

Fortunately the squirrels that come through my garden don't seem as
aggressive as one we had in our last garden, who frequently threatened
and actually attacked my cat unprovoked once.

Many years ago when I had a cat, she would have welcomed such attention.
She used to delight in catching rats, stoats and weasels, and even rode
a fox away down the garden once when she had kittens. (And chased it the
next week.)

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

We need more pine martens, and probably beech martens.

One urg Martin is quite enough....

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Rusty
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The message
from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words:

We need more pine martens, and probably beech martens.

One urg Martin is quite enough....

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 16:54:45 +0100, "Alan Holmes" alan@holmes-
g4crw.freeserve.co.uk wrote:


"Inge Jones" wrote in message
...
How come the squirrels round here are burying peanuts at this time
of
year? Do they know something we don't about a climatic disaster
approaching?

Also I have noticed that their habits are changing to suit
circumstances. Squirrels have always been known to "lose" what they
bury, but round here they only go through the motions of burying
it, and
leave each nut sticking half out of the ground. Presumably they've
adapted to realise that as there are not a lot of competitors in a
town,
it's more efficient to leave the food easy to find.

With any luck in another couple of years they will realise that the
same
households will always leave plenty on the birdtable all year round
and
there is no need to "squirrel them away" in any case.

Unlikely, squirrels have no brains to use for thinking,

Relatives then?

the only way to
stop them is to trap them and dispose of them.

Prick. Wish it was so easy to rid ourselves of village idiots like you.

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 16:54:45 +0100, "Alan Holmes" alan@holmes-
g4crw.freeserve.co.uk wrote:


"Inge Jones" wrote in message
...
How come the squirrels round here are burying peanuts at this time
of
year? Do they know something we don't about a climatic disaster
approaching?

Also I have noticed that their habits are changing to suit
circumstances. Squirrels have always been known to "lose" what they
bury, but round here they only go through the motions of burying
it, and
leave each nut sticking half out of the ground. Presumably they've
adapted to realise that as there are not a lot of competitors in a
town,
it's more efficient to leave the food easy to find.

With any luck in another couple of years they will realise that the
same
households will always leave plenty on the birdtable all year round
and
there is no need to "squirrel them away" in any case.

Unlikely, squirrels have no brains to use for thinking,

Relatives then?

the only way to
stop them is to trap them and dispose of them.

Prick. Wish it was so easy to rid ourselves of village idiots like you.

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 18:04:15 +0100, Inge Jones
wrote:

In article , alan@holmes-
g4crw.freeserve.co.uk says...

Unlikely, squirrels have no brains to use for thinking, the only
way to
stop them is to trap them and dispose of them.

Lol! I don't like them at all, but I think there will be increasing
wildlife in towns as long as there are people who think it's helpful
to
feed them.

Nothing wrong with helping wildlife. You feed your fat face dont you?
the problem is that we are taking all the countryside over, where else
is the wildlife to go?

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 18:04:15 +0100, Inge Jones
wrote:

In article , alan@holmes-
g4crw.freeserve.co.uk says...

Unlikely, squirrels have no brains to use for thinking, the only
way to
stop them is to trap them and dispose of them.

Lol! I don't like them at all, but I think there will be increasing
wildlife in towns as long as there are people who think it's helpful
to
feed them.

Nothing wrong with helping wildlife. You feed your fat face dont you?
the problem is that we are taking all the countryside over, where else
is the wildlife to go?

In article o.com,
says...

Nothing wrong with helping wildlife. You feed your fat face dont you?
the problem is that we are taking all the countryside over, where else
is the wildlife to go?

I feed my own fat face (was it really necessary to make your comment
sound so aggressive?), but it gets little help from squirrels. But
apart from the issues of justice I believe it is healthier for wildlife
to forage for natural food rather than eat the selection of foods humans
happen to have decided they'd like to distribute.

For example, a major source of food for everything from foxes to birds
in this area is sliced white bread that a helpful person throws round a
patch of grass near the supermarket every day.

During the most recent cold snap when the wildlife organisations
broadcast requests for us to put out food, I carefully obtained the
recommended feedstuffs for the species I know we have round here, only
to have them left rotting as all the birds, including the supposed
carnivors and insectivors, went for the white bread a neighbour threw
out.

They're still gathering bread now, and I can only hope they're not
feeding their chicks with it.

Animals are just like us, they prefer unhealthy snacks to a balanced
diet; but is it helpful to them or to us to encourage that?

In article o.com,
says...

Nothing wrong with helping wildlife. You feed your fat face dont you?
the problem is that we are taking all the countryside over, where else
is the wildlife to go?

I feed my own fat face (was it really necessary to make your comment
sound so aggressive?), but it gets little help from squirrels. But
apart from the issues of justice I believe it is healthier for wildlife
to forage for natural food rather than eat the selection of foods humans
happen to have decided they'd like to distribute.

For example, a major source of food for everything from foxes to birds
in this area is sliced white bread that a helpful person throws round a
patch of grass near the supermarket every day.

During the most recent cold snap when the wildlife organisations
broadcast requests for us to put out food, I carefully obtained the
recommended feedstuffs for the species I know we have round here, only
to have them left rotting as all the birds, including the supposed
carnivors and insectivors, went for the white bread a neighbour threw
out.

They're still gathering bread now, and I can only hope they're not
feeding their chicks with it.

Animals are just like us, they prefer unhealthy snacks to a balanced
diet; but is it helpful to them or to us to encourage that?

"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
...


squirrels ... the only way to
stop them is to trap them and dispose of them.

By eating them.

Mary

Alan
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Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk

"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
...


squirrels ... the only way to
stop them is to trap them and dispose of them.

By eating them.

Mary

Alan
--
Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk

"Inge Jones" wrote in message
. ..



all the birds, including the supposed
carnivors and insectivors, went for the white bread a neighbour threw
out.

A neighbour is always throwing such stuff (including cake) over the fence
for our hens. They won't touch it, I'm pleased to say, but I'm not pleased
about her doing it because our garden is managed organically and so are our
hens. And us, come to that.

As you said, why do people think that animals deserve what we discard?

Mary