I agreed with the one and done poisons being banned—they were just too dangerous.
But think of those poor mice dying! And their orphaned children! And yes, one of the townhall participants used that phrase.
Personally, I vote for snap traps and a bit of study of the paths taken by the mice. The Hotel California theory of pest control.
One of my neighbours went for the 'ball-bearing mousetrap' though their adoption had been spayed. The only mouse they've seen since her arrival was in the cat's mouth.
Dug back for the origin of the phrase ball-bearing mousetrap and earliest I could find was a story by George O. Smith called
Rat Race.
Quote:
"We won't be long if this thing works like this every night. This is better than the original ball-bearing mousetrap."
"Which?"
Peter grinned. "The tomcat," he said.
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