can we lobby to get the strings put back on the balloons?

Sep 5, 2013, 7:41 AM

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2419783/posts
http://www.independentmail.com/news/2009/dec/28/happy-squirrels-causing-unhappy-officials-clemson-/
http://deadsquirrel.com/squirrel-damage/squirrels-cost-clemson-100000-a-year/

Squirrels cost Clemson $100,000 a year
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According to numerous reports, Clemson University has a major squirrel problem.
The Charleston The Post and Courier reports that squirrels are three times more prevalent on the Clemson campus than in normal wooded area, causing numerous problems including damage to trees.
The Independent Mail of Anderson, S.C., reports that a “great squirrel roundup” was held on the campus during December: “Clemson contracted with U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Service biologists to remove an abundance of the critters and then euthanize them.”
Only 200 squirrels were trapped, the amount limited by the National Environmental Policy Act. The SDL applauds this effort but we feel the school has not gone far enough to curtail the bushy-tailed menace.
A bounty should be put on each squirrel. For every squirrel a student brings in dead, the student should receive a 1% cash rebate from their tuition. Problem solved.

perhaps some of our engineering grads could create a balloon release targeting system clemson could realize this excellent money making opportunity in the name of disease control, the trees & the children.