Cruelty-free way to get rid of garden gopher?

July 2, 2007

Hi,

I know of someone who's tried various methods to get rid of a gopher

who's gotten fat eating all the vegetables in his organic garden, but

he hasn't had much luck. He's started using gopher traps, although the

gopher so far has been too smart to fall for (into) them.

Can anyone suggest an effective cruelty-free way to deal with this?

And what to do with the gopher after live-trapping it?

Thanks, Thoi

July 2, 2007

The truly cruelty-free way to deal with this is to let the gopher live and eat where he is now, and plan better for the next planting season (use wire to protect the vegetables, etc.).

When I use to garden extensively (tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, melons, onions, garlic, nectarines, apricots, grapes, etc), I took abit of a laissez-faire approach. I just planted extra. The extra was to allow the birds and the insects and whomever else to eat what they wanted and I had the rest.Anyways, this question has come up at least twice before (maybe as recently as the last 6 months). Our list archives are available if you have a ID associated with your membership. Just go to the page and use the search box.

Good luck with helping your friend.Cheers,Tammy

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