Alan Holmes wrote:
"bigboard" wrote...
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
We don't bother to trap squirrels, but shoot them in the plantations.

Oooh, painful. A head shot is quicker.

So, how do you get the thing to stay still long enough to enable you to
shoot it?

Erm, it was a funny. Quite an amusing one, IMO.

Nick Maclaren wrote:
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
(squirrel) I wouldn't put it as oily - a bit dry, if anything.

Agreed. Very like (wild) rabbit.

They're osds to skin, real osds. It's worth it just to try the taste,
but as a matter of course... hm.

Chris Bacon wrote:

Alan Holmes wrote:
"bigboard" wrote...
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
We don't bother to trap squirrels, but shoot them in the plantations.

Oooh, painful. A head shot is quicker.

So, how do you get the thing to stay still long enough to enable you to
shoot it?

Erm, it was a funny. Quite an amusing one, IMO.

Glad someone got it!


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That every man who puts money into the hands of a "government" puts
into its hands a sword which will be used against himself, to extort
more money from him, and also to keep him in subjection to its arbitrary
will.
-Lysander Spooner

Mike Lyle wrote:
John Edgar wrote:
My OED has the following,


"psychopath n.
1a person suffering from chronic mental disorder esp. with abnormal
or
violent social behaviour.
2a mentally or emotionally unstable person."


IIRC you omitted the 'esp.' (presumably 'especially')from 1a and
didn't

mention 2a at all.

Well my C.O.D doesn't. I would refer you to the C.O.D., 1999
edition,
p1154.
John

If there's a dictionary war on, let's be clear about what weapons we
use. The above definitions come from the COD (_Concise Oxford
Dictionary_), not from the OED (_Oxford English Dictionary_).

The COD is a small desk dictionary. The OED is an attempt to record
almost every way almost every word has ever been used in English,
with examples, in some twenty big volumes; the latest edition is
bigger, and available only electronically.

I'm not being fussy: the difference is like that between a spoon and
a shovel.

--
Mike.

Thank you. I do not have at my disposal the OED which is about 10 ft.
long. All I have are my CODs, editions as previously mentioned. They
give the definiton of psychopath as quoted.
John.

Perhaps you could advise me how to get a firearms licence which would
enable
me to shoot the vermin.

And perhaps you could tell me how to make sure the vermin keeps still
long
enough for me to aim a gun and pull the trigger?

It's quite clear that you have never had to deal with vermin in a
trap.

Here in Spain, my vet lends me a cat trap to use for catching feral
cats for speying and vaccination. This comes with a sliding side panel
which enables the cat to be pinned against one side of the trap while
it is anaesthatised before being removed. I'm sure something similar is
available in the UK.
Jo

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Erm, it was a funny. Quite an amusing one, IMO.

Glad someone got it!

I expect quite a few did - but like me, balk at posting just 'LOL'

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In what way is it illegal to kill vermin by drowning them? One of the
best ways I would have thought. I believe it is illegal to drown
humans, but grey squirrels?

It was technically made illegal by virtue of the Wild Mammals
Protection
Act
1996 which included drowning amongst the list of abuses outlawed from
30th
April 1997. I don't know whether the RSPCA has actually brought charges
against anyone for drowning a wild mammal, though, or if they have,
whether
the perpetrator was convicted.

It is the method recomended by the Forestry Commistion for the disposal
of
this type of vermin.


Is it? Do you have a reference for that? Did you perhaps receive that
advice
prior to April 1997?

Please enlighten me, what happened on April 1997.

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"John Edgar" wrote in message
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In what way is it illegal to kill vermin by drowning them? One of
the
best ways I would have thought. I believe it is illegal to drown
humans, but grey squirrels?

It was technically made illegal by virtue of the Wild Mammals
Protection
Act
1996 which included drowning amongst the list of abuses outlawed from
30th
April 1997. I don't know whether the RSPCA has actually brought
charges
against anyone for drowning a wild mammal, though, or if they have,
whether
the perpetrator was convicted.

It is the method recomended by the Forestry Commistion for the disposal
of
this type of vermin.


Is it? Do you have a reference for that? Did you perhaps receive that
advice
prior to April 1997?

Please enlighten me, what happened on April 1997.


The Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 came into force, as previously stated.
I was speculating it might be possible, that, as a consequence of deliberate
drowning being listed as an abuse, the FC may have amended its position
regarding despatch of grey squirrels by drowning.

I have asked the RSPCA whether, in their opinion, drowning of grey squirrels
is a humane form of killing live trapped squirrels, and their response was
that the squirrels should be despatched either by shooting or by a lethal
blow to the head.

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Not only, no, I do it to make sure the damage to the environment is
minimised.


What damage to the environment is that?

I'll give you a clue, 'Forestry Commision'!

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Alan Holmes wrote:
"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
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On Fri, 06 May 2005 21:06:36 GMT, Alan Holmes wrote:

One problem here is that you need a gun licence to shoot the
things,

For an air pistol? Even a small one is plenty powerful enough from
6". Pin the little bar steward down with a stick through the cage
bars to stop it leaping about and blat...

You might, just, be able to stop it leaping about, but it would
still
wriggle about which would prevent you getting a clear shot, the
chances are high that all you would do is to wound it, which would
cause it greater pain.

And, to be serious, I'm told you need to wear a suit of armour if
you're contemplating handling one. Apparently they can leave the
hands and arms with quite a bit to remember them by.

To true, I've been close, but fortunately not that close, but I
certainly wouldn't want to have one any nearer.

Peple have absolutely no idea of how vicious they can be.

After all that, you may or may not feel like eating it: I'm quite
anxious to try. A rather oily meat, somebody said on Radio 4; but I
bet it's low-cholesterol.

I have thought about it, but those whp fall into my traps don't seem
to be large enough to want to bother with.

I prefer to catch the females, as one of those dead means about 300
less within a couple of years.

--
alan

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"Chris Bacon" wrote in message
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Alan Holmes wrote:
"bigboard" wrote...
Jaques d'Alltrades wrote:
We don't bother to trap squirrels, but shoot them in the plantations.

Oooh, painful. A head shot is quicker.

So, how do you get the thing to stay still long enough to enable you to
shoot it?

Erm, it was a funny. Quite an amusing one, IMO.

Yes, sorry about that, I'd pushed the send button before realising it was
funny!

In article , Alan Holmes
writes

I follow a procedure which is laid down by a governmenr department called
The Forestry Commission, if you have any problems with that procedure I
suggest instead of trying to slag people off here, you contact them and
put your concerns to them.

You are advocating drowning, which does not appear to be advocated by
the Forestry Commission in any of its currently applicable documents
referring to grey squirrel control.
--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"

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I prefer to catch the females, as one of those dead means about 300
less within a couple of years.

Probably more effective (to get the vet) to castrate any males you catch
and then (contrary to the law) release them.

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

BAC wrote:
(In Apr, 1997)
The Wild Mammals Protection Act 1996 came into force, as previously stated.
I was speculating it might be possible, that, as a consequence of deliberate
drowning being listed as an abuse

It is not "listed as an abuse" - although it can be an abuse.

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Not only, no, I do it to make sure the damage to the environment is
minimised.


What damage to the environment is that?

I'll give you a clue, 'Forestry Commision'!


The Forestry Commission is not the environment, it is a body which enagages
in forestry. Not always in sympathy with the environment, either.