Still don't like your tone, but still see your point.  (Laughing.  Really)

I almost got a cute picture of a ground squirrel popping his head out of his
hole last night at my grandson's Little League game.

But the league is doing everything they can to get rid of the ground
squirrels and gophers.

And given the choice is between doing in the cute little vermin or breaking
some kids ankles,  I'm all for getting rid of the cute little vermin.
Sorry, I don't see that the age or cute factor of said vermin is a factor.

Jo

Some HUMAN animals do, too - a pity it's frowned upon by the
authorities!  "Town bred" people encounter nuisance animals
like squirrels and raccoons and possums (and woodchucks)
too. ....Also coyotes, where we've taken over their natural
habitat.  Most of us manage to deal with the problem without
resorting to the murder of our fellow creatures.

FYI, anyone who worries about baby woodchucks is *not* necessarily
"town bred." There's nothing wrong with respecting all forms of life;
particularly wildlife, and there's hardly any wildlife that you can't
either re-locate, if you want to badly enough, or discourage. You have
to *want to* badly enough. Wood chucks can be relocated quite
successfully, according to several articles I found simply by googling.
It wouldn't hurt to try, before you start eradicating them.

According to some articles I read, you can keep them out from under
your trailer with a simple mesh/chicken wire fence. . All you need is a
roll of 4-foot high chicken wire and some wooden stakes. The article
went on to say:

The top portion of the fence only needs to be 2 ½ to 3 feet high but
it should be staked so that it's wobbly -- i.e. the mesh should not be
pulled tight between the stakes but rather, there should be some "give"
so that when the woodchuck tries to climb the fence, it will wobble
which will discourage him. Then he'll try to dig under the fence, so:
Tip #2: Extend your mesh fence 4 inches straight down into the ground
and then bend it and extend the final 8-12 inches outward, away from
the garden, in a "L"-shape which creates a false bottom (you can also
put this mesh "flap" on top of the ground but be sure to secure it
firmly with landscaping staples or the woodchuck will go under it).
When the woodchuck digs down and hits this mesh flap, he'll think he
can't dig any farther and give up. It won't occur to him to stand back
a foot and THEN start digging!
IF YOU AREN'T WILLING TO PUT UP A FENCE, you can also try the following
scare techniques, which do work in some cases:
1) Line your garden with helium-filled, silver mylar balloons or make a
low fence made of twisted, reflective mylar tape bought at your local
party store. Be sure to purchase heavier weights to attach to the
bottom of the balloons. The balloons bobbing in the wind will scare the
woodchucks.
2) Sprinkle cayenne pepper around the plants and spray your plants with
a taste repellent such as Ropel (available at garden stores) every 2
weeks.

The mylar balloon thing sounds interesting. It would not hurt to try
that, or the fence too. Wouldn't be too much trouble or expense.

Sherry

As a right wing conservative, I do try to take care of my own
problems. One of my problems is that there's too much government. My
money goes to taxes, to pay people to pass more laws, to tell me what
to do.

Rather find a non government controlled solution.

Doesn't your county have some kind of animal control office you can
call to get
rid of unwanted wild critters? We do, next county over. Perhaps there
may be a
hu7mane solution.

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