Concerned reader Barbara B. wrote to me in reference to last week's piece about the groundhogs that are tunneling under tombstones at Unionville Cemetery; I said in my story that the cemetery president has been trapping and relocating the troublesome creatures.
She told me that the Pennsylvania Game Commission actually discourages people from relocating groundhogs because they could be infected with rabies, could damage crops, and could dig holes that "are extremely hazardous to unsuspecting humans and horses."
Her news surprised me: in my experience, trapping and then driving groundhogs to a distant location is a very common practice.
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