Squirrel trapping legalities.
Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:44 am
An interesting legal decision was reached this week in relation to how trapped Grey Squirels should be dealt with.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... irrel.html
Do read all of the article and the alternatives, the RSPCA stance seems to be once trapped take to to the Vet to be euthanised at a cost of £70, while the Forestry Commission advocates somehow getting it into a sack and then whacking it with a shovel!
A printed article I read seemed to assume that rather than trapping shooting with an air-rifle or shotgun was a better option as it would always kill outright, while anyone who shoots can tell of wounded animals having to be "finished off", indeed HM the Queen was pictured "dealing with a "winged" pheasant last year.
The BBC went with video rather than text at :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10705958
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... irrel.html
Do read all of the article and the alternatives, the RSPCA stance seems to be once trapped take to to the Vet to be euthanised at a cost of £70, while the Forestry Commission advocates somehow getting it into a sack and then whacking it with a shovel!
A printed article I read seemed to assume that rather than trapping shooting with an air-rifle or shotgun was a better option as it would always kill outright, while anyone who shoots can tell of wounded animals having to be "finished off", indeed HM the Queen was pictured "dealing with a "winged" pheasant last year.
The BBC went with video rather than text at :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10705958