print email comment close Getting Groundhogs Out of Gardens URL: http://www.hsus.org/humane_living/living_in_harmony_with_animals/groundhogs_gardens.html Description: This fact sheet suggests humane ways to keep groundhogs (also known as woodchucks or whistle-pigs) out of the garden and from burrows under a porch or building. It notes that "[t]rapping and relocating groundhogs may ... lead to starving young left behind. It is much more effective to simply exclude groundhogs from areas where they're not wanted." From the Humane Society of the United States. Publisher: The Humane Society of the United States Extra Keywords Punxsutawney Phil Groundhog Day LII Database Information: Record 27416 created by Jennifer English on 12/08/2008 Last modification on 01/13/2009 Published: 01/21/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27416