Squirrel Hunt
* Hunters have proved that after 10 years of gunfire in Surprise Valley the ground squirrels keep on coming (“Gunfire Rakes the Hayfields in a War Against the Squirrel,” April 22). And they always will, as long as there is a food source. This is yet another example of how man creates a problem and animals pay the ultimate price. It also illustrates the cowardice of hunters who proudly shoot these tiny animals.
BILL DYER
Venice
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An animal species population grows exponentially, its voracious appetite destroys the environment, and it causes death and destruction to the other species that share that environment. This creature is labeled as a cockroach and is subjected to slaughter.
It takes one to know one, I suppose. There is nothing surprising about animal behavior in Surprise Valley.
CHRIS CARTER
Tujunga
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