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Gregory K. Norris CPF

Gregory K. Norris CPF

RIP Past PPFA President 2016-2018
 

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Huntington Hall of Frames
My shop is in 100+ year old house 2 blocks from the Federal Courthouse, City Hall, central business district, etc. on the busiest street in the state. Just in case you think we aren't putting too much pressure on wildlife, a woman just came into my store and asked me "Did you know you have a racoon on your front porch?" And sure enough there was. I have battled mice and a variety of bugs over the years, but running off an adult racoon with a broom is a new one.
 
You could call animal control if it hangs around they will come relocate it. Or call a wildlife conservation officer. Animal control relocated a groundhog from our yard.

Do not shoot it or poison it. That is just horrible.
 
Racoons sound very much like possums. They are a pest in my part of the world.
In the forest outside my home the farmer comes once in a while in a pickup truck/ ute at night.
He shines a powerful light into the trees, trying to locate the bastards.

At the same time he aims his gun. Bang, bang and the possums fall out the tree.
They have nice fur. Good for making sox out of. I am wearing sox with a blend of possum and merino wool.

Possums also get run over on the road. Just to wind Robin up a bit.
They stop and stare at the lights of approaching cars. Some folks even cross the centerline just to hit them.
 
This raccoon is safe. I think he may have fallen asleep nearby after seeking shelter from a storm the night before. They are usually nocturnal, which is the reason I was concerned that he was active during the day...it is one of the indications of a rabid animal. In this case, he moved on, and hasn't been seen again.
 
Well, I saw our garage raccoon just the other day. The dogs were making a fuss and Ellen went to look and called me. Mom and the 3 kittens were climbing up one of the palms in the back yard. They make their nests up there. Baby raccoons are possibly even cuter than baby cats.
Raccoon behavior has changed quite a bit in the last 20 or so years. They are much more active during the days now that folks have been more aware of their original nocturnal habits and tend to make midnight garbage raids less enjoyable.
A friend of mine had a pond in his yard where he raised bait fish for his bass fishing habit. The raccoons soon found it and he was going through a lot of bait fish feeding them. He decided to get Hav-a-Heart traps and relocating them to a preserve about 12 miles and away and over the Intracoastal Waterway. He logged moving 43 raccoons in 6 months and gave up. Nature abhors a vacuum.
If you want to see something funny, watch a fat old raccoon go through a cat door. They, like bears, are bottom heavy, and squeezing their hips through often involves some almost cartoon like posturing.
 
I grew up with hunters and still know quite a few. I myself do not like it but understand it is a necessity at times. If someone is hunting for food, or clothing while I do not care for it I understand it. I can not stand for anyone to shoot an animal just because. I have seen this happen to many times. It is unnecessary and cruel.

As for poisoning an animal that is also extremely cruel. Do you know what happens when they are poisoned, just do a little research it is not a pleasant death. I worked in a vet clinic for time and saw this happen to many dogs and cats, just because the neighbor did not like them. There are alternatives in this day and age. Would you want someone doing this to your animal.

Raccoons are common in my area as are opossums, I see then hit by the side of the road regularly.

Anyway sorry for the rant!
 
Robin Gentry said:
As for poisoning an animal that is also extremely cruel. Do you know what happens when they are poisoned, just do a little research it is not a pleasant death. I worked in a vet clinic for time and saw this happen to many dogs and cats, just because the neighbor did not like them. There are alternatives in this day and age. Would you want someone doing this to your animal.
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The poisoned animal will often die a long, lingering death. During that time they will often seek shelter in places like your attic or inside your walls. When they die there they rot and decompose with a pretty foul stench. Which, if you ask me, is pretty fitting punishment for someone who would poison an animal.
 
Nah, I was just having Kai on; raccoons aren't really federally protected.

But it is illegal here to kill any animal in the city limits, and brandishing much less shooting a firearm has some serious consequences, all of which involve jail time in a regional jail that is way less pleasant than a federal pen. (I have toured both).

But there surely is a special place in the afterlife for those who poison animals.
 
In that case, one option left open is to have a hunting dog and accidentally let it off the leash. If the dog is trained well, it will grab the racoon by the neck etc. etc.
Unless of course you like raccoons to accompany you in the workshop. Pictureframing can be very lonely.

Then to think, that the New Zealand Department of Conservation drops poisoned pellets from the air over certain forests to kill unwanted introduced pests such as rats, stoats and possums. 1080 poison.
This is all legal, costs a lot of money and not really effective to control these killers of native birds, that cannot fly or are hardly able to fly.

Dogs also eat these pellets and get sick or worse.
 
So Kai, you're not only ok with killing a wild animal for no good reason, but you're also good with exposing a dog to the danger of bites and possible disease from the same wild animal? Nice.
 
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