Digest Number 693

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Goodness Farah, I wish I could help, I hope someone in this list provides you

with some useful information that will help save those squirrels. All I could

think while reading your post is how disgusted I am that people would take a

life over a morsel of food that their life does not depend on. That's a life

being taken over a food item typically view as a snack, it's nonsensical!

 

I wish you the best, I'll post your post and e-mail address on a couple of other

lists I'm on.

--Daria

 

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1. Help/Suggestions needed for squirrels.....

Farah Tahmasbi

 

 

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Message: 1

Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:07:09 -0700 (PDT)

Farah Tahmasbi

Help/Suggestions needed for squirrels.....

 

All,

 

I heard a guy telling someone else about a squirrel

problem that his parents are having (his parents are

in their early-eighties, by the way)...Anyway,

apparently they have some sort of orchard in back of

their house where they grow some sort of nuts.

Apparently the squirrels are naturally cashing in on

this opportunity...They are eating almost all of what

is grown. Anyway, he went on to say that to control

this problem, they are capturing the squirrels in

traps and then drowning them!!!!!

 

When I spoke up, he said what else can they do?

 

I wasn't ready with a feasible response, and this is

why I'm sending out this cry for help. Since I heard

of this, I can't get it out of my mind, that everyday

that goes by, more little squirrels are being trapped

and murdered.

 

This is in Sacramento, by the way. I live in southern

California. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there

an organization in Sacramento that maybe could

volunteer to empty the traps daily, and set the

squirrels free somewhere safe and comfortable for both

the squirrels and humans. Please let me know....I have

never thought about this aspect in our fight against

cruelty....

 

Please reply to me directly with any

suggestions/thoughts......

 

Thank you all so much for your time and for reading

this long note.....

 

By the way someone sent a nice quote in a message, It

said something like:

The morality of a nation is judged best by how the

people treat their animals.....Can someone resend that

quote? It was very nice, and true.

 

Thanks again,

Farah

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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