Posted on 01/22/2002 6:00:11 AM PST by tom paine 2
The best hope for halting the mole madness may be the Washington Legislature, which has been asked -- with the Humane Society's blessing -- to exclude moles from the trapping ban. Last year rural Republicans blocked the move, claiming a double standard that would allow wealthy suburbanites to trap moles but prevent ranchers from trapping coyotes preying on livestock. The bill may have a better chance this year, because more sympathetic Democrats have taken control of the legislature.
They should try what my Grandpa use to do. Watch the yard from the front porch and shoot the bastards with 12 ga. OO buckshot. Grandma had to put a stop to it when he shot out the tire of the Chevy....
My ex used to have an affection for rodents. She kept rats (which actually make good pets).
Anyway, we developed a mouse problem and she insisted that we get those st00pit live traps, which were causing me to spend a great deal of my free time driving mice to wooded areas to let them go (where they would probably just find another house to chew up).
When she wasn't around and I would just flush them down the toilet.
And then what ? drown them? pound them with a hammer ? or turn them loose on someone else's turf ?
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