Unlike mousetraps, mole traps do not kill instantly and do not always kill cleanly. “It will criminalise all the mole-catchers,” Chapman says. Membership in the British Mole Catchers Register would give mole-catchers credibility and visibility, she promised. In 2008, Emmett cofounded the Association of Professional Mole Catchers, as a counterweight to the Guild of British Mole Catchers. For Atkinson, it wasn’t enough to find nicer ways to kill moles – he didn’t want them to be killed at all.

Source: The Guardian March 08, 2017 06:00 UTC