Posted on 07/25/2019 4:29:07 AM PDT by marktwain
Murder is causing the death of a HUMAN, not a rodent.
Eastern Grey squirrels are an invasive species where I live, and a group of them caused over $5000 damage to my roof and interior parts of my house.
Squirrels destroy birds’ nests and eat the nestlings. They chew on anything and everything they can access.
Squirrels are rodents.
Rodents are vermin.
Vermin should be exterminated.
By any and every means possible.
I’ve spent a lot of time in porcupine country. I’ve seen two trees that they’ve nibbled, both hemlocks. Too much other stuff to eat in coastal Oregon for them to be a problem. Mountain Beavers( boomers)on the other hand....But in all honesty, bear and elk, and deer kill more trees than the rodents do.
I’ve heard of fisherman taking a snooze in the woods waking to find a porky chewing on their cork fishing rod handle.
PS. From the looks of that damage to the garage door casing, my first thought was “That’s where a cat’s been pissing.”
I don’t like them being to thick anywhere I’m likely to be walking a dog.
I’ve heard that some places outlawed the wanton killing of them, simply because they were such easy prey for lost hikers.
To prevent the kind of damage shown to the wood trim, mix sand with paint for any exposed wood.
To be rid of the pests entirely, mix lead with porcupine.
We put out a couple of salt blocks out hoping to keep the porcupines away from our log cabin.
I have no idea if it works but the cabin has not been damaged.
Interesting. They do not own any cats.
But, do any cats claim that spot? Sometimes, if neighbors have cats, they’ll split up the properties without cats.
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