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# Thank you for saving the squirrels
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/thank-you-for-saving-the-squirrels/
- Published: 2006-02-24T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T17:18:11.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Maria Fotopoulos Santa Monica*

It’s good to see that the death squad has been called off of the park squirrels, at least temporarily (SMDP, Feb. 18-19, page 1).

Thank you, animal advocates, Councilmember Kevin McKeown and City Manager Lamont Ewell for applying some common sense to deal with the situation.

Hopefully, there will be some advocates to work towards revising the obscure county code that says that only three squirrels per acre are acceptable. In silliness, this ordinance ranks right up there with the now familiar hedge height code in Santa Monica. We must continue to be engaged in “the process” and vigilant against idiocy, of which there seemingly is no end.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 24, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/022406.pdf?ref=smdp.com)