Go away gophers: Calgary homeowners frustrated with rodents

Calgary’s long winter is over and many people are enjoying the sunshine but there are some unwelcome residents among many gardens too. Gophers or Richardson’s ground squirrels may look cute to the casual observer but experts in the pest control field say the rodents are a big nuisance. “They do a lot of damage by tunneling. They go about one metre deep and just do a lot of destruction when they burrow,” says Conrad Mueller, president of Absolute Pest Control. He says goph