Subject: rat baiting
Date: Jun 15 23:21:49 1999
From: S. Downes - sdownes at u.washington.edu


Tweets,
On the rat baiting subject I have but two comments.
1)It was said that snap traps do not work well, the snap traps built for
rats have enough force to kill proper;y most rats. You must use Rat traps,
not mouse traps.
2)Somebody suggested transporting these critters out into the wild. PLEASE
DON"T. Black Rats and Norway are what we have here, both are exotic
introduced species and both are HUGE nest predators given the chance.
PLEASE JUST KILL THE RATS, ITS OK TO DO THIS! (BTW, I'm not reffering to
wood rats, just the typical household rat).
Thanks,

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA

"Birds don't read bird books. (That's why they are seen doing things they
are not supposed to do)." -Mary Wood