I am attempting to rehabilitate former pasture on my property here in Pend Oreille County and return it to a meadow/grass/shrub condition. Columbian Ground Squirrels would help to maintain the meadow condition and prevent woody invasion, but the state Department
of Fish and Wildlife has informed me that I cannot live-trap any to bring to my meadow. ... Yet there on the front page of The S-R is the Rodenator, which I’ll wager does not achieve 100 percent mortality without suffering. What is wrong here? Anyone out there up for a little civil disobedience to smuggle a couple of undesired Columbian Ground Squirrels my way?/Jim Sayre, SR letter writer. More here.

Question: Worth a try?