For all of the true “squirrel dish” lovers in New Jersey, you’re in luck (maybe)…

Via the North Jersey Media Group…

Jerald Fagliano, project manager with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, said game animals are safe, but residents should avoid wild carrots. His statement clarified a state health warning about eating squirrels that was issued in January, based on the EPA report of high levels of lead in a squirrel tested in October 2006. That advisory will now be rescinded, said Ken Petrone, the state Department of Environmental Protection’s case manager for Ringwood.

As Rachael Ray says about everything that she eats (regardless if she really likes it), Yum-O!

It was bound to happen…

Via The San Mateo Daily Journal

Squirrels that can carry the bubonic plague are burrowing into Foster City levees, leaving the city no other choice but to poison them — at least according to the Department of Public Works.

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The eradication may be cruel to squirrel lovers, but simple for those thinking of the harm they create. Tiny blue poisonous pellets will be spread around the squirrel burrows. The squirrels will eat the pellets, get sleepy and — in theory — go back into their burrows to die. The city will monitor areas around the burrows to make sure squirrel carcasses are not present. If they are, the company the city contracts with will have 72 hours to remove the dead squirrels, according to last night’s report to the City Council.

And I’m sure that the PETA protest will begin shortly.