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I can't bear to poison any critters eithr. And although we live in an inner city neighbourhod there's lots of munchers and other wildlife (and not just the kidlets!). We've seen out resident groundhog run across the neighbours' back yard and our street (from our 2nd story deck). Our cat is nicknamed "killer" because he brings us house mice and maybe voles on a regulr basis. We heard them in our kitchen wall (old old old house)
Howevr, they're are usually eaten (or mostly eather0 by the time we find the deritas on the back stoop. We have skunks too, the aroma comes in our bedroom window in the early morning. someones' cat/dog sets them off! And bunnies. And the squirrels - well, a recent atrocity was the one with the bird's egg, perched on the neighbour's fence, eating it casually, while being dive bombed by robins (they will build nests in the damndest places!). They dig in every planter I plant! No deer. Racoons in the big maple tree (mewing babies like kittens) - I think they have scouped my lone gold fish from my barrel pond (have not seen "Spot" since I got him.....last Saturday). Live and let live. I will not poision, my cat might get a mouse or vole. However, PEOPLE steal plants and garden ornaments from our street gardens here..sometimes I wish I was a US citizen, so I could rationalize owning a gun (just kidding). Oh and crows - wish I could tame one, but they are bad buggers - putting carrion in our bird baths, ripping open garbage bags set out for street pick up (our city's recyling system -3 different bags - attracts a lot of critters). Wow! I guess we're lucky - we live on a 45x45 foot lot in an old old neighbourhood and we have lots of wildlife to watch and enjoy. Vanishing gardens can be a pain, vanishing wildlife is a travesty.
This from a proud supporter of the Ontario and Canadian Wildlife Federations (SPCA, too)! Those tax deductions help the flora!

-- posted by MaggieM