[at-l] Of Mice and Men (generically speaking)

[The Lehmkuhl Family" <lehmkuhl@gte.net (The Lehmkuhl Family)]

you betcha or rat snake or whatever. Poisonous snakes, well have to try to
just move them along.....but not kill.  Un fortunately for the snake some
rat snakes and water snakes look like their poisionous cousins. A no kill
snake policy is just a good idea many places they are the top predator and
without them the mouse/vole balance will get out of control.
vera
----- Original Message -----
From: "kahley7" <kahley7@ptd.net>
To: "David Hicks" <daveh@usit.net>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] Of Mice and Men (generically speaking)


> At 04:10 PM 2/2/01 -0500, David Hicks wrote:
> >May be.
> >
> >Can't speak to owls.  However, I have maintained shelters w/ and w/o
> >extensive comments in the log about seeing snakes.  I have seen a
difference
> >in mouse droppings when snakes were a topic of discussion -- including
the
> >same shelter, esp. enclosed shelters like Chestnut Ridge.
> >
> >Chainsaw
>
> Glad to hear someone say it!   I've read and heard about people harassing
> or even killing shelter snakes.  It's a shame.....a nice, big, fat, black
snake would
> be my very favorite sheltermate.
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