Them squirrels is too quick!

[Hoodoo]

Personally, I prefer squirrels (grey of course) to rabbits, as they have a much nicer flavour, and there is a surprising amount of meat on them.

I can see your a man with a refined palate. :notworthy Just ignore the lagomorphic preferences. Some people like McDonalds too. Go figger, eh? Rodents rule!

 

[Wildlife Ranger]

Of course, the other reason is that they are American invaders, and should be killed at every opportunity to save our (almost extinct) native red squirrel which they're wiping out!!
It seems that most of our problem wildlife is American, but I don't fancy eating a mink!! Crayfish, on the other hand .....

 

[Hoodoo]

Yes, but the reality is that invading species of all types from Europe have been far more successful (and far more damaging) in the U.S. that vice versa.

 

[Wildlife Ranger]

Maybe so, I wouldn't know.
I guess you'll be eating the European species then??

 

[Hoodoo]

Actually I can't think of any introduced species of squirrel in the U.S. But when you look across all phyla, it's quite remarkable. Take worms for instance. Probably half the species of earthworms in the U.S. are introduced. A couple of friends of mine wrote an article on this (species invasion) in BioScience back in '96. They surveyed all species and the article addresses insects in particular.

Invasion of North American Forests by European Phytophagous Insects Legacy of the European crucible? By Pekka Niemela and William J. Mattson. See link below if you are interested.

http://www.aibs.org/bioscience/bioscience-archive/vol46/nov96.html

 

[boaty]

any ideas on a source of info for what's legal and what's not? are deadfalls legal?

cheers, and.

Poking around on the DEFRA site popped up this link to approved spring traps

A search for deadfall found no results

 

[sargey]

well there's very interesting cheers mate.

and.

 

[the naughty boy]

could the worms not have just buried their way there?like a world tour?

 

[Kath]

could the worms not have just buried their way there?like a world tour?

You're kidding, right? :shock:

 

[the naughty boy]

was it the world tour bit that blew it? :-D

 

[dtalbot]

sounds better than rabbit!

cheers, and.

And what is wrong with rabbit?