I'm not sure why you'd think that because I won't squash a spider thatsomwehow I'm for the dog killing. Every example you mentioned, upto and including all forms of legal and illegal hunting, are simply wrongin my eyes. To intentionally cause suffering and/or harm to anotherliving thing for one's convenience or, worse yet, enjoyment, is abuse.Imminent threat to a human life is a separate issue and the only timeI can excuse it. A chewed wire is not an imminent threat.At my mom's place where I store my cars, the glorified sheds I keep mycars in are open in many areas to the hundreds of chipmunks shehas running around. They are always in among my parts. One nestedin the Hornet's hood insulation at one point. He left when I lifted thehood and cleared out his stash. Had one living in the air cleaner of myparts Gremlin for a while. I let him be as that car was going nowhere.Now, those 'car jackets'- I've heard from several folks that have them,and nobody reported mice trying to get through them- and a couple ofthose folks siad mice were why they got one. Your mileage may vary.As for relocation of the mice- I've never had a mouse infestation. I hada random event on a few ocassions...one mouse, once every few years.Moving the mouse solved the problem everytime. Sticky traps on theother hand will never solve an infestation either. One mouse isn't aninfestation. Mouse-proofing is the only 'permanent' solution. All else istemporary.As for those wasps...err....mad at an insect? Killing others for the crimeof an individual? Anger management, baby. I remember a lady telling methat she got her new-to-her pickup truck to go hunting because she wasgoing to get revenge for the deer that destroyed her car the fall before. Iasked if she felt the other deer were part of a conspiracy against her car,working to aid the deer that actual got in front of her car...the one thatactually died already. I also asked why it was that the number of deer-hitsrise dramatically when the hunters are in the woods, chasing them out ontothe road...and why didn't she blame hunters for the damage. She had noanswers. But she had her truck..yehaa!Wasp nest in my car? Long stick, knock the nest out, wait a few minutesfor the swarm to move off, proceed with hobby. Are they in the mirror andthe stick can't reach? Ziploc bag placed over the mirror head and held closedaround the base by hand. Unscrew the mirror, walk into woods and placemirror on ground (letting bag settle open). Next day, pick up mirror- bugsgone. Knock out nest with smaller stick and remount.'They're out to get me! It's me or them! The forces of evil are lining upagainst us!' Puuleezz...they're bugs doing what bugs do. :)As for New York's rat troubles....yup, they've tried poison, glue traps...you name it. Still there. So much for the whole idea of killing as asolution. Now, if only the folks would rat-proof their food and trash.But that would take an effort...and humans are lazy. Now, if terroristsever infect Budweiser.....goodbye, NASCAR! :)'All Gods creatures', baby. Threaten one member of the system, youthreaten them all.
John
Before we get really off topic, there are 15+ million dogs and cats put to sleep each year in the US.That to me is cruelty, as most are healthy. There are neighborhoods near you, me, anywhere where animals run loose, then are hit and killed by cars, shot, trapped, even bred to fight. We were talking about mice, not dogs, or cats. Yup, there is a all sorts of things out there that are cruel on the market, even Sudafed or paint I guess.But before this sprials out of control into a animal rights, greenpeace, peta (people eat tasty animals) or other topics, we are talking about destructive mice and how to keep them out of homes, cars, and what measures folks, including myself, take to prevent it.I like the hauling them down to the big wooded field John mentions, however, that will not solve the problem, especially if you are in a home/neighborhood, as they will quickly breed again. Sort of like relocation programs, you put wolves in certain areas, some like that idea to pepopulate, others see it as hunting season. Same with seals.Some see them as friends, others as foes. Wasps, same deal, one bit Noah when he simply wandered near my 74, no pun intended, Hornet Sportabout wagon, I, much less him, didn't know there was a big hive of Texas three inch red wasps under the fender out of sight. His face swelled up like a pumpkin. I took out the whole nest with poison, then proceeded to burn the larvaes, and was so pissed off, then took out fire ant mounds and any spider in the yard. Uh, later I filled the bird feeder. I don't like snakes either, and have caught 5-10 of them in the yard, however, I hold them down with a hoe and check their eyes, if round, friends, and let them go, if eyes ain't round, it is Bastille Day and the carcass goes in the road.Back to AMC however, I have seen some expensive interiors like Pierre Cardin destroyed by vermin. Everyone handles them differently however, like John's plan and my plan. If terrorists ever figure out how to infest rats with some sort of biological warfare, New York would be the first to go:
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