Hey Hugh!
Really...........I don't think raccoons are mean. If hungry, they may
take an ole cat or a small dog........but a Big dog???........not unless
attacked........they could take out a wolf, if attacked......and maybe even
me.............yeah...........you can shoot'em.........not a
problem...........but! I have always liked animal control.....I keep any cats
or small dogs that I might have, inside.........(much less
expensive..........for a variety of reasons)........
Again, don't think they are mean....just hungry or defensive....I've been
within 3' of a large 40 lb. one........I just backed off a bit.....and he
waddled away..........(guess he wasn't that hungry, eh?.......<g>.......)
I like the ideas of keeping all food where they can't get to it.......and
seal up all entry to a place you don't wish them to be.........I
think.........even if they can get in.......they won't come back if there is
nothing there to eat........
Clark, ............Army Vet......expert marksman with 5 weapons........and
expert racoon trapper. (Hurrah!!!)..........never shot a racoon, don't
believe in killing anything that I can handle in some other way.......but
have trapped many raccoons and sent them to a rehab center..........(town
raccoons, raised in town, have no idea how to survive in the
wild..........they can open garbage cans, steal your kitty's food, but catch
a frog or a snake?..........absolutely no idea.....so they need to be
gradually reintroduced into the wild................the older I get, and the
closer to death that I get..........the less and less I want to take the life
of anything............now......houseflies, maybe.........(sh--,
.......sometimes I even let them out the door..........their maggots eat up
dead carrion, just recycling all the while..........)
As Red Green says, "Remember..............I'm rootin for ya...........we're
all in this together!"
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