I was reading this historic report submitted to some state committee in New Hampshire by a guy who was trying to petition for the elimination of the groundhog in 1883. Honestly, it was the best thing I have read in ages, but he mentioned this in the report"
This is not right. Hunters will not kill them, for the fur is worth nothing ; and now that the Chinese have gone, any prospective value the woodchuck might have had as an article of food is also gone. It is therefore manifest to your committee that something has got to be done for the protection of the farmers of New Hampshire.
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