Three albino baby raccoons found

[Madam Genius]

be careful or else BOing will label you as brainless and put you on his ignore list if he could. In the meantime, watch out for your head as Maurice will be ready to smack you in the head with his gun........

 

[Kim]

Say what? What the fark does this have too do with anthing? Do you really think that we are fighting racoons for our survival? Really?

 

[Toxicpanduh #2]

Hammer Head Alert! Hammer Head Alert!

 

[simon159]

Here's a cool vid of an adopted raccoon......

http://www.dogwork.com/reco8/

To answer primo:
1) We kill bacteria so we don't get sick and die. That's reasonable. Tell me if peace is going to die because rocky gets into his garbage?
2) We build homes to shelter us from the elements, just like raccoons do. Was it wrong to displace the animals in the first place? Yes it was. So since we already did them wrong, does two wrongs make a right? no....
3)Why should we like all animals (which are leap years different than bacteria) not just "some"? Because mother nature was in balance before we came along and messed everything up. I take it that you have the attitude that we should create massive drift nets and take everything possible from the sea until there's nothing left. Kill off all wildlife that we don't like and then watch the eco system collapse.

Our society is TOO obsessed with pesticides, herbicides and killing off of natural habitats, and killing off of "pest" creatures. And as much as people love deer, there are people up here who look at them as nothing more than rats with long legs. Simply because they eat their precious flowers........

Now there are things that we can do to lessen the impact we have on natural habitats. That means NOT killing off a creature because it gets into our garbage, it means getting a rockey proof garbage can. It means prepping your house so squirrels and the like can't get in.

 

[Stefan V]

well I know I love deers....

 

[The Other One]

I like deer too. Venison.... tasty tasty venison.

 

[dobermann lover]

I have no problem with hunting limits to clear out the herd. We've messed up the eco system so bad that deer no longer have enough natural predators so we have to. For species that are dwindling or in danger, hunting should be banned.

What I DON'T coddle to is hunting for sport. If someone shoots an animal, and uses the meat, then that's understandable. When someone shoots an animal and cuts off its antlers and leaves it to rot, that's wrong on so many levels.

Think back to the days when the plains were covered by millions of buffalo and then they were hunted to near extinction. I think it was in the 70's where the only ones that were left were full of tuberculosis and close to the edge. Thankfully we woke up and now we have manageable herds. Anyone remember the scenes from "dances with wolves" where the starving natives saw acres of rotting carcasses stripped of their skin where they were dying for the meat? What a waste.....

 

[dimamuzhetsky]

+1. My old house bordered a cornfield, surrounded by woods. I used to see deer in and around the yard all the time. One morning I was up at sunrise, looked out to the field, and standing there was the most magnificent buck I had ever seen. Eight points, I think, it was amazing.

If it hadn't been hunting season, I would have told everyone I knew about it. But I knew if I said anything, the next day that field would be crawling with trophy-hunters, so I kept my mouth shut and hoped the buck would survive the season.

 

[j t]

This thread has been totally hijacked, and I had nothing to do with it! :

(There's still time though... )

 

[Khan K]

 

[Petra]

oh oh..hammer head alert....

 

[Pineapple Shortcake]

Devoted gardener arrested in raccoon attack...



http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/article/1000644--devoted-gardener-arrested-in-raccoon-attack

In case you are wondering, this isn't me at all! ....and here comes the hammer head alert!!!

 

[Ivon]

I'd like to take my shovel break this dude's leg and I'm really resisting using a racial epithet here.

 

[Rod]

I'm with Primo and Peace. Would you allow rats and mice to populate your home or would you put out traps that SNAP their little necks off?

Varmints bring disease and bacteria. Pellet guns were invented to chase off varmints!

 

[waq4500]

Dan, I believe and correct me if I'm wrong you are attempting to mish mash this thread and discuss the Vietnamese gentleman that was embarrassingly led off in handcuffs by Toronto's finest?

 

[RebekahKaye]

Umm raccoons don't spread the disease that rats and rodents do, different species dude....

Don't (as stated) mish mash this thread with BS about other species. This is about raccoons. As stated in the story they have as much right to be here as you do. If you don't like it, MOVE.

Or are you one of these hammerheads who think all animals should be killed off enmass just in case they might encounter you some day?

Just remember this guy..."dong", got arrested for what he did.....if you want to join him, you're more n welcome....

 

[Chocolate_eater]

For the Bozos on here.

Years ago we had raccoons in our attic. Which precipitated going on the roof and repairing the entrance path they were using through the vent up there. A little hassle but no biggie.

Later they were going through our trash at night and making a general mess of everything. Once again a nuisance but easy rectified buy purchasing some animal proof garbage containers.

Never once did I consider buying a pellet gun or taking a shovel to them or their babies. Frankly why would I? I mean seriously the neighborhood cats used to use our garden as a litter box as well but I never considered hurting or maiming either. No mothballs solved that problem.

 

[Jasanna]

yes, which is why I said THE disease that rat's and rodents do, hantavirus, typhus, salmonella and meningitis among others..... which can be transmitted by indirect contact...you can't catch rabies via their poop etc. You might be able to catch rabies through their saliva but I would think it would have to be fresh for that to happen.....

It is my understanding that if a raccoon is found to have rabies, then steps are taken to contain the outbreak. I know there are groups who keep a close watch on the skunk and raccoon populations in urban areas.....(for this among other reasons).

 

[PLAYBOY]

Ok, so, other than rabies: 1) you have to actually eat the animal to get the disease, 2) you have to come into direct contact with their poo 2 - 4 weeks after gestation and another 3) humans also can carry and transmitt the disease.....

To avoid these diseases:
don't eat raccoons
if you clean up their poo, do it when it's fresh and for the last one, don't eat it.


So, you're right, are you advocating that we start an extinction protocol and wipe out the species? It certinaly sounds like that's what you're hinting at......

 

[Katy needs Sustagen!]

I'm confused....where in any of these posts do you get this?