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US 5,058,311 AGranted
Method for destroying burrowing animals
OwnerErik E. Ericksoninventor
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Abstract
A method is described for destroying moles, voles, gophers and other underground tunnelling animals. The point of joinder of an exit passageway from a tunnel is located. The soil overlying an adjacent portion of tunnel is removed. Netting, preferably plastic netting with grid dimensions one-half by five-eighths inch, is laid on the bottom surface of the exposed portion of tunnel. Soil is loosely packed over the netting to encourage burrowing animals to use the tunnel and become entangled in the netting.
Claims5
A method for destroying underground tunnelling animals such as moles, voles and gophers, including the steps of:
- a. locating the point of joinder of an exit passageway from a tunnel and an adjacent portion of the tunnel;
- b. removing the soil overlying the point of joinder and from an adjacent portion of the tunnel thereby exposing the bottom surface of the tunnel;
- c. laying netting along the bottom surface of the tunnel;
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- d. covering the exposed portion of the tunnel with loosely packed soil in order to encourage burrowing animals to move through the tunnel and become entangled in the netting.
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