I am not a fan of cats, but they do keep our 2acre garden free of rabbits (which I do shoot and eat). SWMBI does the gory bits which she enjoys, (worryingly so).
Any suggestions on magpies, collared doves, badgers, moles, trespassing sheep and squirrels gratefully accepted.
Badgers - don't get me started. Or course it's illegal to go anywhere near them or their set so you would not find me getting at all upset by the damage they do :wink: :wink: Nor would I dream of making their life just a tad more difficult.
By all means protect the blighters in the wild but in an urban (ok suburban) environment they can be a bloody nuisance. :evil:
They have trashed areas of our grass by using their snouts to grub up the larvae of May bugs apparently. To the uninitiated this leave deep holes and a bit of a mess. Thankfully, this activity only happens around May - errr - which makes sense if they are after May bugs. Lets hope they do not develop a liking for June,July,August bugs etc!!
They have ceratinly found something to their liking in June & July in my lawn :evil: and in my veg plot. For some totally unexplained reason they have now stopped piling earth up the side of my shed though.
my grandad swore by a remedy he perfected to deter a neighbours dog from harassing his chickens... shotgun... cartridge loaded with dried split peas... a backside fulla that an the prob's over....guaranteed