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San Diego Turns Squirrels into Welfare Recipients
Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | March 26, 2018 | Rush Limbaugh

Posted on 03/26/2018 4:50:14 PM PDT by Kaslin

RUSH: I found something that just struck me funny. There’s a story that has nothing to do with anything. It’s in the San Diego Union Tribune. Apparently they’ve got a giant squirrel problem in the public parks in San Diego. Now, I happen to like squirrels, but every time squirrels come up I have a bunch of people start shouting, “They’re nothing but tree rats. They’re nothing but rats with PR. They’re just rats. What do you mean, you like squirrels?”

Well, it goes back to when I was a kid. My mom would actually open one of the windows on our breakfast nook and start banging two peanuts together, and the squirrels would come up, and she would give them to the squirrels. And one of them was a red squirrel, looked like a fox. And she would sit there, “Come on little squirrel,” and they’d all come trooping up, and she’d give them some peanuts and they’d walk away.

They’re on the second floor. They’re on a ledge, second floor, they’d climb down the house. And I’ve always thought they were cute, but people said, “They’re nothing but tree rats. How in the world can you say you like squirrels?”

Well, anyway in San Diego they got a problem ’cause apparently a lot of other people think they’re cute and they’ve started feeding them. And they’ve turned ’em into a bunch of welfare recipients. Feeding the squirrels contributes to their overpopulation.

“‘The main problem is they get tons of food from people,’ said Darren Smith, a natural resources officer in the San Diego region of the state Department of Parks and Recreation. ‘There is the culture of providing extra food for them, and that’s what makes the population grow so much,’ he said.”

And then this. “Too many squirrels become a nuisance. They quickly grow dependent on handouts, lose their fear of humans.” And so they hang around with people. And he says that the squirrels are now showing up in picnic areas looking for food. And then there’s this quote: “They bother people,” said Darren Smith. “Sometimes, they bite people, and steal their Doritos.”

When I saw “steal their Doritos” I just started cracking up. Of all things to steal, they steal people’s Doritos, the squirrels.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; US: California
KEYWORDS: ca; rushlimbaugh; sandiego; squirrels; squirrelwelfare; treerats
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To: Kaslin
“Too many squirrels become a nuisance. They quickly grow dependent on handouts, lose their fear of humans."

They sound like Illegals...

21 posted on 03/26/2018 6:06:29 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Donald Trump: Doing the work American politicians just won't do.)
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To: Crucial

Well, I take your point. But any animal can develop a dangerous sense of entitlement.

Read Sally Carrighar on deer.

And: crows that people have reared and accustomed to a human as a friend, have been killed, because they began to recognize ALL humans as ‘friends’, and would fly even to a stranger and perch on them - a stranger who didn’t exactly appreciate the familiarity.

We have to take responsibility for what we teach the other animals to do, and to what we accustom them ;-)


22 posted on 03/26/2018 6:09:20 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Charles Martel

I’ll think about that next time I feed a squirrel.


23 posted on 03/26/2018 6:13:02 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Kaslin

I enjoy them fried. Or I use my rabbit stew recipe. Works for squirrels as well.


24 posted on 03/26/2018 6:14:48 PM PDT by donozark (Restraining orders are just another way of saying I love you.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

You could think the same thing, the next time you feed your pet cat or dog.


25 posted on 03/26/2018 6:15:14 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Chickensoup

I had gone on a hike and campout with my sister and BIL in the Tetons years back. As he was telling me that we were in a remote area that had few hikers, this little ground squirrel casually walks into my tent and turns around and starts ‘barking’ at me for some food!....


26 posted on 03/26/2018 6:16:20 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Kaslin


27 posted on 03/26/2018 6:36:32 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Republican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Kaslin

I laugh til I cry every time!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgDa_cpgHWs


28 posted on 03/26/2018 6:36:44 PM PDT by DeltaZulu
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To: Jamestown1630

Don’t worry I’ve seen dogs eat some things.


29 posted on 03/26/2018 6:41:09 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: waterhill

I had a mule deer chase me down the path on the north rim of the grand canyon looking for food. Scared me.


30 posted on 03/26/2018 6:47:25 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftists today are speaking as if they plan to commence to commit genocide against conservatives.)
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To: GnuThere; Kaslin
Yeah, by strict definition, 'food' would have to contain at least one organic ingredient. *chuckle* (Although, I am a sucker for the taco flavored ones.)
31 posted on 03/26/2018 6:52:17 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." Hosea 7:8)
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To: DeltaZulu

Grrrr....Where’s PETA when ya need ‘em?!


32 posted on 03/26/2018 6:54:57 PM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: Mr Ramsbotham

I hear that. We have two peach trees, a nectarine tree, one pear, and three apple. They’re young, but some are mature enough to fruit now. Last year they waited in the pine treetops until the fruit got large enough, and *poof* it was gone. I got some tree bags for them this year. Let’s see just how ingenious these little rodents are when I get done. (Failing that, I have three .22 pistols and a whole lotta ammo for target practice.)


33 posted on 03/26/2018 6:57:16 PM PDT by Viking2002 ("For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind." Hosea 7:8)
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To: Chickensoup

That would be scary.

I remember seeing people feeding chippers next to the sign that said Do Not Feed the Animals.


34 posted on 03/26/2018 7:05:59 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: minnesota_bound
My sister lets these squirrels into her home where they chew the electrical cords and scratch everything.

One of those cute little things did over $4000 worth of damage to one of our cars' electrical systems.

35 posted on 03/26/2018 7:09:59 PM PDT by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: donozark

Stew works well


36 posted on 03/26/2018 7:14:17 PM PDT by onona (Bull - my rights are sacrosanct.)
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To: minnesota_bound

A friend in college moved into a place where the previous tenants let the squirrels come inside to feed.

About a week after their move the squirrels got trapped inside with the roommates cats. The following battle completely trashed the place.


37 posted on 03/26/2018 7:26:28 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I’ve got the same set up and coat the pole with lithium grease. The repeated jumping up and sliding back back down is entertaining to watch.


38 posted on 03/26/2018 7:29:00 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Hillary, DNC, DOJ and FBI colluded with a British National to influence the 2016 Pres. election)
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To: Kaslin

I’d rather turn squirrels into pot pie.


39 posted on 03/26/2018 7:31:27 PM PDT by lightman (ANTIFA is full of Bolshevik.)
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To: Kaslin
"Apparently they’ve got a giant squirrel problem ...."

That's not to be taken lightly.


40 posted on 03/26/2018 7:35:36 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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