The secret is to ask for poison for "arboreal rats" and then no one is the wiser... Squirrels also make a tasty stew. At my previous public garden, deer were the nemesis of all. We would always suggest that we make venison jerky out of them, sell it in the gift shop and make money to replace everything that they had damaged... There were never any takers on the Board. The 'Bambi Syndrome' was too powerful... Merrill in Palo Alto, on the receiving end of a stream of moisture from Hawaii. i just would like to know why people think nothing of poisoning, beating or stomping to death rats and mice, yet get all worked up about doing the same to squirrels. i once thought of buying poison and went into a hardware store to inquire about that. the worker there was aghast when i said it was for squirrels, and said "oh, why? they are so cute." and this is a guy selling rat poison????? you mean, rats have no feelings? i never bought the poison though. most of the time i just want to shoot them and make kebabs of them. ========= tsuh yang in NY (in day 2 of the transit strike) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php