"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 07:50:07 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

...the outdoor critters.

It's really cold out in our area (16F, -9C), and there's not much for
our wild feathered or furry friends to eat out there. Why not buy a
couple of bags of corn and sunflower seed for the birds, and a big bag
of dry cat food for the raccoons, possums, squirrels, et cetera, and
toss out a couple handfuls every morning?

I take the Doug Kanter apporach with regard to squirrels.

DEATH!!!!

Later,

Tom
I feed the birds during winter as they are beneficial and are also fun to
watch and identify. I keep squirrel baffles on all our feeders as we got
tired of the squirrels stealing the food.

I live trap (havahart traps) squirrels, rabbits and chipmunks on our
property due to the damage they cause. I would love to be able to release
them all onto Krause's property. I kill trap mice and moles....worthless
creatures other than food for predators. Perhaps Krause would like them
also.

The deer, squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits and the like should be thinned out
each year during the winter through a natural process....survival of the
fittest. Feeding them only disrupts this process and causes over
population.