Woodchucks A-Go-Go.(suggestions for humane control of woodchucks)(Brief Article)

From: Animals | Date: September 1, 2000| Author: Abend, Paula | Copyright information

Growing up in New York City, I have much opportunity to see woodchucks. The closest I came was a thumping sound coming from underneath the bungalow my family rented one summer along a lake in New Hampshire. My sister and I were told the sound came from a woodchuck, and we imagined a strange beast that gnawed on wood.

Suburban kids would have known better. And if their parents were gardeners, it's likely they heard a discouraging word or two about the chubby rodents. Yet ...

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