I know this would vary from locale to locale, but, presumably, there are some animals that do not require a permit to kill (mice in mouse traps, for example). How does this work? Is there a list of “always OK to kill” species?
Edit: Thank you everybody for the replies!
Holy cow. I live in Oregon and there are at least 50 western gray squirrels just around my house. There are tons along the river by our house too. I didn’t know they are endangered in Washington. How weird, considering we’re neighboring states (although there is a huge river between us).
OMG!!!, A FUCKIN YEET CANNON ACROSS THE RIVER!
be the problem you want to solve
https://media.tenor.com/-xBbnRHQRssAAAAC/squirrelscream.gif
I’m pretty sure it’s the Eastern grey’s around the house. Not endangered in the slightest. [https://myodfw.com/wildlife-viewing/species/squirrels-chipmunks-and-marmots](Western grey squirrels have no brown color at all and are bigger. Don’t think I’ve ever seen one.)
I’m quite familiar with the eastern gray, and these aren’t those, as the tails are much fluffier and also grayer as well as not having any yellow highlights like the eastern. And they’re all big boys. Some of them could be eastern but lord either way, there are a lot of squirrels here.
I guess you’re just lucky :)
They taunt my dogs constantly, which they love so they’re certainly happy. But they wake me up running around on my roof so me not so much.
I think their habitats got hit hard by the fires this year. Not entirely sure. I’m not a squirrelologist
In Australia there are different species which are endangered or plentiful.