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Hanging moles
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I went to the dales at the weekend and i saw 4 moles hanging on a barb wire fence, Does anyone know why this is. My mum said it was an old wifes tale about stopping moles from entering the fields, Sounds silly really!!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Your mum is right! It is still a widespread custom among gamekeepers to hang up the bodies of 'vermin' to deter others of the same species. This is often done with crows. Personally, I think it is a horrible custom which serves no purpose. And seeing as moles are very much underground creatures and are blind I don't suppose they would even notice.
Many years ago I came across a similar sight whilst walking in Wales.I dont particularly remember moles but there were many stoats and weasels and probably other species as well--I seem to remember dozens in total.My father told me they had been put there by a gamekeeper not as a deterent but simply as a trophy board to show off his skills!! I thought this objectionable practice had long since died out.
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