High Noon: Spokane Dumps Rodenator

The City of Spokane is still considering ways to control the growing ground squirrel population in Finch Arboretum but they will not use a controversial device known as the “Rodenator” as they have in previous years. The “Rodenator” fills burrows and tunnels with a gas which is ignited to collapse the tunnels. The Humane Society called the explosions “cruel” when the City used them in 2008. The explosions were so loud that some neighbors called 9-1-1 last year/ KHQ . More here .