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DaleTheGardener wrote:
Jenny,

Slugs and snails will not cross over copper. Copper wire or copper foil (stained glass people use it) cause some kind of reaction to their slime. I have used it to keep them out of pots, but, I don't think it would be practical to use it on a large scale. There is a snail that eats other snails and slugs, but, when it runs out of them as food it turns on the plants and eats them.

http://www.buglogical.com/decollateSnails_control_snailsSlug...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decollate_snail
http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/misc/gastro/snail_eating_snail...