# Do I have to kill them?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-kill-them/94223>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 19, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-kill-them/94223 "2001-11-19T16:51:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![lesa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/34f0e0/32.png) [@lesa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lesa)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-kill-them/94223/21 "2001-11-21T08:50:35Z")

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If you think the traps may be dangerous to cats, think twice about getting them. Are you going to tell all your neighbors to keep their cats in? Are you going to tell the people on the next street over?

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**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-kill-them/94223/22 "2001-11-21T14:30:44Z")

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Um, couldn’t the cats be persuaded to [ahem] _take care of the problem_? I mean, in my experience, small rodent + cat = pieces of small rodent on your pillow.

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**Author:** ![MissBHaven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missbhaven/32/7170_2.png) [@MissBHaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBHaven)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-kill-them/94223/23 "2001-11-21T16:32:33Z")

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The traps are buried in the ground so I don’t think they would hurt the cats but I’d have to check carefully to make sure they couldn’t be easily pulled out of the ground. I have a 4yr old too! Anyway, that’s why I was looking for a non-violent solution. I wish the cats would eat them but they don’t seem interested at all! Apparently, moles taste bad. Damn finicky cats!

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**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2001, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-kill-them/94223/24 "2001-11-21T19:04:55Z")

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> \*Originally posted by mdc1823 \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by CrankyAsAnOldMan \*
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> > Thassokay. It’s nothing compared the emotional devastation just caused by the Barry Manilow crack… _sniffle_ \*\*
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> Okay, okay…Neil Diamond then. \*\*

For god’s sake, that’s even worse. I only have one Barry Manilow album. I have EVERY Neil Diamond album.

Well, not the recent ones.

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**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2001, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-to-kill-them/94223/25 "2001-11-22T05:37:56Z")

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Hmmmm…No Manilow…No Diamond.  
Captain & Tennille? I usually reserve that for REAL pests, like ex-girlfriends, the neighborhood kids, and my boss. But I am sure it would work for moles too. 😃

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