--- Merrill Jensen <merrill@gamblegarden.org> wrote: > If it is not one thing, it's another. Try dealing > with grazing/stomping > moose like my college friend has to do in Anchorage, > AK. At least I'm > bigger than a cat and can scare them off without a > lot of effort... i think in another list, we had a south african lady complaining about elephants chomping on her prized succulents (Cyphostemmas). heck, i won't feel sorry for her, if she lives near elephants, she must have quite some beautiful views and nature around, so i think she's luckier than most of us. but hey, having suffered through predations of evil, malevolent squirrels in brooklyn (NY) for years , i'll take elephants any day. elephants can't climb up my firescape and destroy my plants like the evil furry rats. 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/