Oregon man sues over rodent blasting

[SunnySong]

COTTAGE GROVE, Ore. --

A man filed a $146,000 lawsuit against a pest control company, claiming he suffered hearing loss when a worker used explosives to remove rodents on his neighbor's property.

Michael Lester's complaint alleges the unnamed Cynergy Pest Control worker was negligent in failing to warn neighbors and then disregarded Lester's warning to stop the blasts that were rattling his doors and windows.


http://www.baynews9.com/article/news/ap/july/123387/Oregon-man-sues-over-rodent-blasting


What kind of rodents do you people in Oregon have... Why use explosives? it's not like it was a beached whale.

[pokerfan]

1. Just next door in Washington we have rodents...

of unusual size.

[rrneck]

2. They were probably using one of these.

http://www.rodentblaster.com/Rodent_Blaster.html
If I understand it right, it injects propane into the burrows and then ignites it. Kaboom.

[xchrom]

3. does 'over kill' come to mind? nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. "To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint..."

"And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior firepower and superior intelligence. And that's all she wrote."