Rick Denney wrote:Rick "happy to donate any squirrels for any cause, worthwhile or not" Denney
And on this point we are absolutely, positively, 100%+ in total agreement.
Once, a long, long time ago, in the first house I owned after grad school and having entered the work force, squirrels chewed through a gable and ran around my attic and guttering. I used a blow dart gun to scare them away long enough to hang ratwire fencing inside the gable to keep them out (tempered steel wire 1/4 inch mesh).
I actually had a neighbor call in and bust me for it, and I actually got a visit from a conservation agent, in the middle of the city, about it. Of course, after I explained and offered to show him the damage, he shook his head, apologized for my time as I was completely in my rights as a landowner (even though it was a small city lot) to protect and preserve my property, and, well, the polite summary of what he said was a deprecation of people who called in for nothing wasting his time as well.