Very OT: woodchuck au vin

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:36 PM -0400 8/13/09, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>At 8/13/2009 10:21 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>>We've had a few in our neighborhood too--some neighbors caught one in
>>a Hav-a-heart trap but carted it off to some distant woods rather
>>than throwing it on the griddle
>
>In my state (Massachusetts), even non-endangered species -- certainly
>gray squirrels are not -- cannot be carted off by just anybody --
>only by a licensed animal remover (or whatever they're called).  I
>know -- three separate times I've had squirrels in my eaves and soffits.
>
>Joel
>
Well, I'm not turning my neighbor in.  I'm sure the groundhog was
happy to be carted off to the woods--especially if the alternative is
the one Alison proposed!

LH

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