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[akton 15]

why do pepole trap moles? you can't eat them, they're native and they don't do anything really bad.

 

you HAVENT TURNED INTO ONE OF THEM ANTI'S FROM THE DARKSIDE HAVE YOU KIDDO

[Matt 160]

It's a fair question to ask. Here are a few reasons:

 

• Molehills contaminate silage and can cause listeriosis (as Ian has said)
  
• Molehills damage grasscutting machinery
  
• Molehills create a trip hazard for people and animals (we lost a king due to a molehill, and I know of horses which have broken legs)
  
• Molehills are unsightly
  
• Molehills create an opening for weeds
  

 

Don't forget that the natural habitat of moles is woodland/scrub. They are fine there, but once they get established in pastureland they cause a real problem.

 

 

Anyway, that mole looks fantastic, and could be a good talking point when it's been stuffed, well done.

Edited January 24, 2009 by Matt the Rat

[ianrob 2]

Molehills create a trip hazard for people and animals (we lost a king due to a molehill, and I know of horses which have broken legs)

 

Good enough for him William of Orange, a hunchback Dutchman who fomented trouble for years after due to his persecution of the predominantly catholic Irish by throwing them off their land and giving it to protestant British mainland farmers. He also was behind the Clencoe massacre, which did little for his reputation in Scotland. The orange marches, a sort of "rubbing the Irish peoples noses in it" parade was a remnant of his rule, where banners proclaiming "remember the battle of the Boyne" a battle where a British army led by "good king Billy" massacred the Catholic Irish. The people of the day, fed the equivelent of the Sun news blamed all on religious differences. You can't however beat injustice and a few massacres for stirring the hatred and resentment, then in ireland and now for kind of similar reasons in Gaza. I fear however that a mole won't rid the Palestinians of the IDF. Incidentally, before anyone decides to attack me bases on news from Rupert Murdoch, I suggest they do a little research at ICH or Smoking mirrors, and truthseeker websites and read a few links.

Moles can sometimes do good though.

[Rolfe 2]

Another point often overlooked is that a really heavily infested grazing/pasture field can lose large areas of suitable grazing due the molehills covering the grass. If every mole hill measured 12 in diameter and the field contained 1000+ tumps, there would be a massive reduction in viable grazing.........(well someone cleverer than me could work out the total area lost)..........but it is one heck of a lot of grazing to lose.

 

Rolfe

[john b 38]

Well

A circle of diameter 12in has a radius [r] of 6in, or 0.5ft or 0.15m depending on the units your comfortamble with.

 

The area of a circle = PI x Radius squared or PI x r x r

 

So each hill will cover an area of 113sq in or 0.8 sq ft or 0.07 sq m

 

1000 hills equates to 113,097 sq in or 785 sq ft or 73 sq m

 

give or take

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

why do pepole trap moles? you can't eat them, they're native and they don't do anything really bad.

do you always ask daft questions

Aaron

Simple answer, is that the mole can be a very serious pest.

 

The farm im starting next week is absolutely black with mole hills, the grazing in the fields has been reduced by almost half, its that bad! This also causes problems with the sheep, there feet suffer and they get very clarty, but im no expert on them, so cant expand on that. This is the result of not bothering to do the moles for a few years, in an area that is well populated. They are also covering the medows which are used for growing hay to feed the livestock through the winter, and if the soil is baled up with the hay, it can cause ??(something :blush: mind block!!) which can be fatal to the stock.

.... most farmers will like to keep mole numbers low on their ground.

 

There are MANY other reasons and scenarios that make the mole a pest.

 

Hope this helps

Dogs

 

 

aaronpigeonplucker

oh i get it :stupid: sorry for causing a disruption i fogot that moles make massive big lumps of soil!!.

sorry agin, pigeon plucker

[Rolfe 2]

Well

A circle of diameter 12in has a radius [r] of 6in, or 0.5ft or 0.15m depending on the units your comfortamble with.

 

The area of a circle = PI x Radius squared or PI x r x r

 

So each hill will cover an area of 113sq in or 0.8 sq ft or 0.07 sq m

 

1000 hills equates to 113,097 sq in or 785 sq ft or 73 sq m

 

give or take

 

I knew someone would come up with the answer ;) Cheers John........I can catch moles......and count money......but after that zilch.

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

Erm, nice mole ... if you like that sort of thing. Personally I find them totally revolting and if I saw one up on someone's wall I'd probably scream

 

why do pepole trap moles? you can't eat them, they're native and they don't do anything really bad.

They are a delicacy in Northumberland!!

 

PMSL!

 

Listeria (Listeriosis a possible case in cattle due to bacteria being brought up in soil from the moles mounds)

 

Ian, do you know if people can catch that as well? I dimly remember reading about it somewhere but I can't really recall ...

 

 

Well

A circle of diameter 12in has a radius [r] of 6in, or 0.5ft or 0.15m depending on the units your comfortamble with.

 

The area of a circle = PI x Radius squared or PI x r x r

 

So each hill will cover an area of 113sq in or 0.8 sq ft or 0.07 sq m

 

1000 hills equates to 113,097 sq in or 785 sq ft or 73 sq m

 

give or take

 

..ya, what he said ...

[ianrob 2]

Molehills create a trip hazard for people and animals (we lost a king due to a molehill, and I know of horses which have broken legs)

 

Good enough for him William of Orange, a hunchback Dutchman who fomented trouble for years after due to his persecution of the predominantly catholic Irish by throwing them off their land and giving it to protestant British mainland farmers. He also was behind the Clencoe massacre, which did little for his reputation in Scotland. The orange marches, a sort of "rubbing the Irish peoples noses in it" parade was a remnant of his rule, where banners proclaiming "remember the battle of the Boyne" a battle where a British army led by "good king Billy" massacred the Catholic Irish. The people of the day, fed the equivelent of the Sun news blamed all on religious differences. You can't however beat injustice and a few massacres for stirring the hatred and resentment, then in ireland and now for kind of similar reasons in Gaza. I fear however that a mole won't rid the Palestinians of the IDF. Incidentally, before anyone decides to attack me bases on news from Rupert Murdoch, I suggest they do a little research at ICH or Smoking mirrors, and truthseeker websites and read a few links.

Moles can sometimes do good though.

 

 

Sorry guys, wrong forum for the soap box.