wasted spending?

OK I know these topic’s can be iffy, and well this is the off topoc section.SO
was watching my local news tonight, they did a story on how a local town, just spent 45 thousand dollars, to kill a dozen groundhog?
Man, if that doesn’t say wasted funds, I don’t know what does.
all were located in like a 100 yrd section of a river support dyke, so could have safely been shot, with the large dirt back they were living in?
I would have killed them for a fraction of that price LOL
hell maybe for free LOL
as I am sure many local tax payers would of, rather than spentalmost 50 grand to kill them??
crazy
Oh well, rant over, the modern world today???? logic has left the building it seems