Originally Posted By CuriousConstance ^^^ At the very least, Disney could have dispatched Chip and Dale to try and talk some sense into the squirrel.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Why not?? Down here in SW Missouri squirrel is considered GOOD EATIN!! Ummmm... but not by me!
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad This whole thing is a representation of my life. Little things keep getting in the way but hopefully it all works out to everyones satisfaction in the end. Sometimes I feel like just stopping and blowing my horn till something changes. Running over a squirrel may be a little thing to us but it is very important to the squirrel. Ok , thats all I got
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I lived in Minnesota (not Michigan) all my life but retired to Missouri three years ago.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad Wow, I'm not keeping up too good. Hope you are enjoying your retirement. Thanks for responding. I was just curious. Funny how I sort of feel like I know people on LP even though we've never met.
Originally Posted By Princessjenn5795 As someone who once had to pull over to the side of the road because I was bawling so hard I couldn't see after accidentally hitting a raccoon, I have to say I completely get why the driver wouldn't run over squirrel.
Originally Posted By standor In the early eighties after leaving my son at Michigan State University around 11PM, I was stopped because a bunch of animals (can't tell what they were) were having a convention in the middle of the road. Inched up on them a little at a time and when one moved, I inched up a little more and after about a half hour, I finall was able to get by and go home.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn No telling what a squirrel carcus would have done to monorail brake linings. It would be cool to watch a squirrel ride the top of a monorail. I guess they're now planning for a $60 million monorail squirrel bypass.
Originally Posted By fkurucz Solution for squirrel on track problem: Mount water cannons on the front of the train. If the conductor has to stop the rain, the cannons can be activated and the passengers in the front can fire at the squirrel!
Originally Posted By Scutr Yes, however they thought that the name "cowcatchers" was much more catchy than "squirrelcatchers"
Originally Posted By CDF2 Does WDW employ some kind of "animal control" team or do they rely on some kind of team from the local city or county to handle such issues? With their golf courses and lakes, surely they must have had some gator or snake issues at various times, with who knows what other creatures at one time our another wandering on the property. You look at the borders of the Magic Kingdom and really there is no distinct barrier you can see on the backside so one might expect some of the local fauna to perhaps wander towards the park area.
