"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> SteveB wrote:
>> "J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> SteveB wrote:
>>>> "General Schvantzkopf" <schvantzkopf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> I caught one last night in my live trap, he's been relocated to a
>>>>> nice piece of conservation land in another town. I've reset the
>>>>> trap
>>>>> just in case there are more of them. Does anyone know how large
>>>>> their colonies are?
>>>>
>>>> I have heard in the thousands. Even heard of cases where pickups
>>>> and
>>>> barns have disappeared when they made enough tunnels underneath.
>>>
>>> I believe you are confusing groundhogs with prairie dogs. You're
>>> unlikely to find more than a half dozen or so groundhogs in one
>>> burrow. Note that around this time of the year the females will be
>>> giving birth, so if you trap and relocate the mother, you may be
>>> killing the young in the burrow.
>>>
>>> --
>>> --
>>> --John
>>
>> I distinctly remember seeing it in a movie, so it must be true. As
>> for killing all the rodents in that burrow, isn't that the point?
>
> Some people don't like killing things, even rodents, others don't
> mind, others enjoy it. I have no idea where the OP falls on that
> spectrum. Given that he's relocated one already my guess is that he'd
> rather not kill them if he could avoid it.
>
> --
> --
> --John
I see. Perhaps if the OP would just go to the groundhog and talk to it,
it
would be reasonable.
Steve
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