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A mole, if it was causing issues for me sure. When we lived in Japan, there were moles. They never really seemed to cause any issues other than a little pile of dirt here and there. Most of the time, critters outside are fine unless they are dangerous or a major nuisance, and there's no alternative to killing.

WHen we lived in Japan the first time, we had a cat that was an inside/outside cat. It was a killer, lots of dead birds and maybe the occasional rat IIRC. One day my father and I were sitting inside and heard the cat making the horrible noise that a cat makes when they are fighting, and we also heard another noise that was a weird hissing/screeching sound. Both sounds were really loud. After a few seconds, we got up to go see what was going on. Right outside our front door was our cat. It was in a Mexican stand-off with a mole. THey are tiny, maybe the size of a mouse or a tiny bit bigger. The mole was making a heck of a racket hissing and screeching at the cat and the cat was hissing back, but not getting too close. Dad dispatched it with a bunch of blunt force trauma. It was surprising how much noise came out such a tiny thing. I think it surprised the cat too.

Mice and rats inside house or garage, also fair game. Dangerous snakes anywhere nearby, fair game. The folks that sold us our property said that they did occasionally see rattle snakes, but that it was usually after they'd run over them with the mower. I'm hoping that's how it works out for me as well.