I just related the law, not what intelligent people are doing. Mark -----Original Message----- From: Linda Reynolds <lr21@cornell.edu> To: Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com <Chile-Heads@globalgarden.com> Date: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 8:49 AM Subject: Re: [CH] Opossums >>Traps sound like a good idea, but... >> >>My state (Massachusetts) outlawed "cruel traps" last year. So now, leghold >>traps cannot be used in this state. Beavers are running wild, flooding >>properties in upscale neighborhoods, and nobody can do anything about it >>legally. Opposums are not even on the radar screen here. >> >>But the state is protecting us against ourselves! >> >> >>From the state of the Kennedy's and Barney Frank, >> >>Mark >> > ........Ah, but there is a BIG difference between "can't" and "not >supposed to"!!! > >Linda (admitting that she can be a bit of an outlaw but I learnt it from my >outlaw-inlaws......really!) > > >