Re: [GBlist] Advice regarding ground squirrels

[Donna Watkins <donna@theherbsplace.com>]

I would suggest you contact The Humane Society of the United States
http://www.hsus.org
and National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org
and The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
http://www.aspca.org

They all have wildlife divisions that handle this sort of thing and I'm sure
you'll get a variety of ideas from them.

Thanks for the encouragement in knowing there are people out there who will
take a stand for the little critters.

Blessings to you!
Donna
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> From: Kirsten Flynn <kir@declan.com>
> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 11:40:49 -0700
> To: greenbuilding@crest.org
> Subject: Re: [GBlist] Advice regarding ground squirrels
> 
> On 8/31/02 10:06 AM, "Racheli Gai" <jnpalme@attglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> Our neighborhood has a public park where ground squirrels live. The city
>> of Tucson objects to their presence.  The reason given is that someone
>> once got hurt when they stepped in ground squirrel hole. and sued the
>> city.  As the story goes, the person who sues won -  meaning that the city
>> had to pay a lot of money, and they'd like to  avoid such experiences in
>> the future.
>> So, the park and recreation dept. poisoned the squirrels for a while.
>> People in the neighborhood found out, and were outraged.  As  things stand
>> now, they are giving us a chance to come up with a better system to deal
>> with the problem, before they take matters into their own hands once
>> again.
>> 
>> Any advice? - One person tried to fill the holes, but of course the
>> squirrels dug them up again in no time...  The park has warnings regarding
>> the holes, but apparently this isn't sufficient to protect the city in
>> case of a law suit.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>> R.
> Keep the squirrels and get rid of the people who can't read warning signs.
> 
> kirsten
> 
> 
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