squirrels

[dustypuss]

can my neighbor trap and kill gray squirrels

[B00]

Sadly, yes :-(

They are classed as vermin.

[Lonnie]

To follow on from Boo's most correct answer, once trapped, they cannot be let loose again, anywhere.

I put this up just in case there's a change of mind.

[persianlady]

I love them. I think it is so wrong that they are persecuted. When they are trapped, How then are they killed? Does it not matter because they are classed as vermin? They still feel pain just like any other creature. The cruelty that people are capable of disgusts me!

[gelda]

I so so agree Persianlady, they need to be trapped themselves, see how they like it, why do they want to trap them anyway?

[paddywak]

I agree they look nice but you must remember they are not native to this country and are so voracious that they have wiped out our native Red Squirrels in huge areas of the country where once they were so common

[Moonstone6]

They should be shot! (The neighbours not the squirrels!)

[dustypuss]

he not going to go easy

http://www.funxite.com/media/1-gun-slinger-squ irrel.jpg

[Kleiber]

The grey squirrel, otherwise known as the North American Tree Rat, is just a rat with a fluffy tail that makes it look cute. They will eat absolutely anything - this includes baby birds from the nest, or the electric wiring in your house!! They often get into the loft and cause all sorts of damage and I've known of one instance when a squirrel actually caused a fire that made the house burn down! I wouldn't cause any animal suffering, or be deliberately cruel to any creature, but vermin need to be kept down - humanely, of course.

[fredpuli47]

These rules about controlling pests are most bizarre.It looks as though the reason it's illegal to release a grey squirrel into the wild is that it's still regarded as an alien species, introduced, notwithstanding that the Act itself defines such a species in terms suggesting it's any species which is not naturally here in the wild.How long to they have to be here to qualify as not alien but naturally here?

And there is no legal definition of vermin, to define the grey as 'vermin'

And you might have thought a man with a general licence to have a gun could shoot woodpigeons on sight.Not so.He's only allowed to do it if they are causing substantial damage to crops.On the other hand, it may be that in 2010 some parakeets will be added to the creatures that can be shot [Source for this paragraph: The Field ]