"BAC" wrote in message
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"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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"BAC" wrote in message
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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.

What sensible/practical method do they now suggest is the way to
despatch
them?

If you have read the pdf document linked to my response to Kay's
message,
you will know the two methods recommended by the FC are either
administation
of a lethal blow to the head with a blunt instrument, or
transportation
to
a
vet for humane destruction. No mention of drowning, in fact they
recommend
that no means of destruction other than those I've just mentioned
should
be
attempted.

I cannot see how it is possible to get close enough to kill with a
blow
to
the head.

As you must know, if you have read the FC advice, you, kitted out with
your
gauntlets, are somehow supposed to get the squirrel out of the trap
into
a
hessian sack, and, once you have subdued it in the sack, are supposed
to
work out where the head is and whack it with the 'blunt instrument'. If
you
find the advice impractical or incredible, I suggest you take it up
with
the
FC.

I have no wish to cause myself considerable injury trying to get one of
these things out of the trap.

These things are lethal.


I don't blame them, they are merely trying to survive. Basically, your
attitude seems to be that you follow a method which is easy for you to do,
regardless of the suffering you inflict on your quarry.

Bearing in mind that I'm a simple ignorant peasant, could you use your
superiority to explain to me, in very simple terms, as I'm not able to
understand complicated things, how I can dispose of this vermin without
any extra cost to me, as I'm a very poor man.