I appreciate the comments. The "little rat with good PR" is now destroying the hanging suet feeders that I put up for my woodpeckers when we had a -38C spell. Our indulgence doth wear increasingly thin.

BTW, if anyone has more on the definitive (plus effective and humane) harvesting of rabbit/hare, I would like to see it. Like I said, this is new territory for me. But I've had offers of breeding pairs of rabbits (the varieties raised for their meat) and I think this would be useful in my ongoing education.

EDIT: P.S., The one thing rarely mentioned about squirrels (and all rodents) is the management of their attendant stowaways (fleas etc.) as they abandon the sinking ship.