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I am terrified of mice, but I feel horrible for killing them.

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Since then I was kinda scared of mice, they're small and flexible so they can pop out of somewhere without any notice. My uncle told me there was a big mouse and it was really fast so they had to kill it by throwing brick at it. They have to live in a world where us humongous giants kill them over finding something to eat?

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How to stop mice from fighting?

Reddit Animals

My girlfriend has had 2 pet feeder mice that she saved from petco, and they’ve been getting along for the past month or so, however today she got another mouse and the original 2 are very aggressive towards it (they are all females). She is very worried they will kill the new one, and doesn’t know what to do.

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I want to trap a mouse that lives in my house and keep it as a pet. Otherwise it takes its chances out in the field. What do you all think?

Reddit Animals

I've had mice come in a few years ago and trapped them (gently) and released them in a field far away but afterwards I read that most mice released like this die very soon trying to live wild. I can't have mice p **g and s g on everything so that has to stop. 1 - Keep it 2 - Kill it 3 - The field 4 - ?

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An Open Letter to Outdoor/Feral Cat Supporters

10,000 Birds

I’ve rescued field mice to horses, and everything in between. I have received countless numbers of wild birds mangled and/or killed by outdoor/feral cats, such as the Orange-crowned Warbler pictured here. Dear Outdoor Cat Owners/Feral Cat Supporters, Does the photo above sicken you? It sickens me. Is it the fault of the cats?

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

10,000 Birds

Mice/rats in your house or business? When queried, he admitted he had recently hired a local company to get rid of the mice in his house. When queried, he admitted he had recently hired a local company to get rid of the mice in his house. A poisoned rodent can kill whatever eats it, and death by poison is a very bad way to go.

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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

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Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. There was a time when our domestic pets were treated like objects. Veterinarians were taught animals did not “feel” like we did.

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Quantico Has No Compassion for Feral Cats

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If they are not adoptable, oh well, kill them. The raptors feed on these things (mice, rats), snakes feed on these things, it’s in the wild food chain and the cat interrupts that because it’s not part of the natural setting.” Quantico Military Base is really behaving cruelly when it comes to the feral cats on its base.