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Originally Posted by harls
My neighborhood is being overrun by squirrels. Saw a few flattened ones on the street today. You'd think that would put a dent in their population but NO.
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Those are likely to be Ottawa squirrels being deported in your neighborhood...no jokes!!!
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/06...r-into-quebec/
Ottawa neighbourhood deporting squirrels across border into Quebec
It’s a secret and illegal deportation that’s apparently been going on for years. To outside observers, it appear a little, well, nuts.
Some Ottawa residents are apparently spiriting their unwanted squirrels across the bridge and dumping them in neighbouring Quebec.
Daniel Sylvester of Ottawa’s posh Westboro neighbourhood said he recently noticed a squirrel in his neighbour’s humane trap and offered to let the critter go. He assumed the neighbour was trying to trap raccoons.
“He said, ‘No, I’m trying to catch them all and bring them to Quebec because they can’t cross the bridge.’”
“The bridge” is the kilometre-long span that connects the community to Gatineau, Que., across the Ottawa River.
Squirrels have a reputation in folklore of returning when removed, unless they are taken across a body of water.
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