That is different thing. I talked about feeling compassion. That doesn't exclude killing or eating. I hunt, as I already said, and I have hunted squirrels too.

Squirrels = Pest
if you had Squirrels in your backYard you would hate their guts trust me.

http://gifshost.com/1239024473_squirrel-catapult.gif

Should only kill animals for food! what a waste of a squirrel casserole!
http://www.backwoodsbound.com/zsquir15.html < yummy!

That's your definition, and very subjective one. I don't hate any animal. But lets focus to what they do to you. So, what they do to you?

I'm with aka123 here.

I have squirrels in my back yard. They're harmless, not a problem, and it's nice to see them sitting on my fence when I am out back just enjoying the weather, and they're playing.

Well I have in fact used food to lured a rat into a trap that clamped down hard on it's neck and killed it.

Here's a picture of the kind of trap I used :

http://i.ebayimg.com/t/Rat-Trap-Extr...ys!~~60_57.JPG

http://pestcontrolcanada.com/young%20rat.jpg


It's just reality.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague



Don't eat lunch first :

https://www.google.com/search?q=bubo...w=1920&bih=979

That is an odd view. What do they do that you don't like? I have squirrels in my yard and love them.

Those little fuckers jump out of a 30 foot tree onto my roof and make me think it's a burglary in progress.

:1orglaugh

I have a lot of walnut trees. The squirrels collect them all and like to store them in annoying areas like under my deck. They are nice to look at running around but if they dont keep their shit away from my house I shoot the bastards.

Using traps or killing is not the point, how and why is the point. And if I point to the original issue, it was also illegal. Like is cruelty towards animals altogether.

And yes, there are multiple dangerous things in the world. But trapping rats won't even help much to avoid the rats. If you create suitable environment to them, they will come and with numbers (like in middle ages when they used street as a compost).

Could you (not just you) stop that "Do you eat meat" and similar kind of bullshit, that doesn't even relate to this topics subject.

I think focusing on whether it's a lesser-animal or whatever you want to call it is a mistake that a lot of people make. But it's theirs to make and not considered a mistake by them I'm sure. In terms of the abuse it makes no difference what kind of critter it is. It's cruel and should be punished in some way. Even if you don't think so, surely you would agree that it should not be encouraged? Remember the soldier throwing the dog off the cliff? Whatever happened to that guy?

Q. When are squirrels a problem?

A. In nature squirrels are cute. In your home they are noisy, destructive and smelly. Squirrels, being rodents, are compelled to chew to keep their teeth worn down. So they chew on various materials in your house: plastic pipe, vents, wires, wood, and siding. Chewed plastic pipes can cause flooding.


Q. Why do I need to get rid of squirrels?

A. Damage from chewing can cause everything from expensive maintenance needs to floods and fires (chewing thru plastic water pipes/chewing insulation off of electrical wires) . Disease transmission from squirrels and the insects and parasites that live with them is also a big issue.


Q. What are the health risks of having squirrels in my residential or commercial building?

A. Squirrels can carry rabies and, therefore, should be treated with caution and any bite immediately treated by a medical professional. They pose other threats including fleas and ticks, and Tetanus.

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+1 :thumbsup

So dramatic! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Taken from http://allstateanimalcontrol.com/ , a vested interested in scaring the fuck out of you so you pay them to come kill for you :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

BREAKING NEWS: PETA offers $25,000 to find the people who gave this fish a cigarette
http://vidmax.com/video/77592-Watchi...-Rage-Or-Laugh

Posters wanted to know what damage squirrels cause so I posted the most common reasons people want them exterminated. Don't kill the messinger :1orglaugh

* if you google squirrel damage there are a lot of sources …….. Evidently they are destructive little fuckers.


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The final straw was when one of them pissed all over my kids, while standing on one of the lines coming into the house.

No problem with rodents, other than the fact that my kids' mom keeps bringing them home. This one is my favorite, but I wouldn't shed a tear if she was gone tomorrow. She's a fucking rat.

http://photos-d.ak.instagram.com/hph...50654628_n.jpg

People that believe in god capitalize the g.

I was just saying if all life is equally valuable, people would care as much about rats as they do about cute animals. But they don't so therefore all life must be worthless.

I could have been more clear, nothing directed at you of course.

I just found it funny how dramatic their writing was in describing squirrels, their destructive nature and that you should immediately goto the hospital if bitten by one.

Also to be clear I'm not an animal rights activist, I don't donate or volunteer to any of their organizations and I hate their commercials on TV shocking you with suffering animals.

I just think people visiting our national parks should have some respect for the space and that includes the living animals there.

Something that I found interesting about our park system is how close the public gets to scenic cliffs. I mean right to the edge like the douche in the photos.

If I owned a private scenic overlook OSHA and a host of laws would have me installing set back guardrails, safety nets etc.

he sucks!

That music on the videwo wtf

Yeah funny that huh? Here in San Diego at the Sunset Cliffs people die every year falling to their death but I like the danger aspect and making out at sunset on your own bluff, with other couples all around you on their bluffs, priceless :thumbsup

I love animals, but try not to be ridiculous about it. If I try to avoid running over a squirrel, it's because I don't want squirrel guts on my tire. But I wouldn't go out of my way to kill one like this sociopath.

The guy in the video is an idiot for killing an animal for no good reason. However had this rodent been a rat I doubt hardly anyone would care. So admit it you guys are being species specific. And in Marxist theory that is almost as bad as being gender specific.

Nope, thinking if it was a lesser animal does not make a single difference to me and obviously to many others. It's an issue of the HUMAN behavior and really nothing else. PETA can go fuck itself, lol. It's the crazy human who should be bitch slapped just once and then sent back to the wild in his panties.

Only humans kill for nothing

Wrong, unfortunately :(

Well, actually not true. We humans are not very unique specie in the end. We have some solid edge and it has made us dominant specie, but we are not that different from other animals (depends of course to what specie do you compare).

Humans have made serious efforts when trying to differentiate from other animals, but basically, those are just stories.

Look up Bottlenose Dolphin. :2 cents:

I was going to post something along these lines. I rescued a baby squirrel I found in my yard - only a day or two old at the time. For the most part she is very sweet, but she did bite me a week ago. I think she thought she was wrestling a peanut out of my hand, when in fact she was chomping down on my finger. Anyway, that has accelerated her release schedule. I got her a nesting box, and will be moving her cage outside this weekend.

I once tried to save european hedgehog (about an hour old), but that ended badly. Later on I contacted expert and he said that survival wasn't likely.

I feel like you are trying to say something, but I'm sorry I just don't get it.

There you have it, I don't mind a couple of them once in a while but we have 100's of them.
They fucking eat everything, wood, plastic, roofing, siding and wires. They dig everything up on the Yard, flowers etc... It's not a huge deal but I don't particularly care for them that's all. It sucks having to replace material or rewire a garage because of some Tree rats :winkwink:

Now the douche bag on the Video needs a serious beat down/lesson, cause that's still fucked up, I wouldn't do it to any animal.

was hotlinked they changed the pic :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/s...nyon/13912661/

'Jon Hildebrand said he was stunned when one of the French-speaking men kicked the squirrel over the edge and into the air. He later posted his video on YouTube, and it went viral.'

seems like tourists?

Canadian? Only solution I can think of.

Maybe, don't look like Algerian or Moroccan.

But they also speak French in France, so I have heard.