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Subject:Re: Antifreeze and pests and pets
From:Rob Campbell
Date:Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:42:18 -0800

Stan Wilder wrote:

>The thing to do is to set out a Frisbee with antifreeze and some peanuts or
>peanut butter about 100 feet from your campsite.
>The varmints will go to the peanuts and poison themselves with the
>antifreeze.
>They'll be there partying their asses off while you catch those ZZZs in your
>camper.
>
>
I hope you are joking...  ethics of poisoning campsite "pests" aside,
antifreeze is also strangely delicious to dogs and cats, forgetting
about that frisbee later or spilling a little could cause a few animals
insides to turn to jelly... please dont do that.  Please don't use
antifreeze as any kind of tool other than as intended for the engine.  I
have seen a cat who ate it, it is really, really terrible stuff.  And
seeing what the keeper of that pet goes through is also terrible.

I think the best approach is the secure your goods, dont leave dogfood
or antifreeze on the roof.  Or, invest in some very strong containers
for your roof cargo.