Captured!

That blasted raccoon that has trashed my watergarden twice!
The professional critter-catcher left 2 Hav-a-heart traps set a week
or so ago, and the one in the crawlspace had been tripped once with
nothing in it....but tonight, I heard the trap close, hubby checked,
and wow!! the 'coon was IN it this time.

Whew! Sure hope the catcher takes him far far away before releasing
him.

Lori

On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 23:15:58 -0500, Lori wrote:

That blasted raccoon that has trashed my watergarden twice!
The professional critter-catcher left 2 Hav-a-heart traps set a week
or so ago, and the one in the crawlspace had been tripped once with
nothing in it....but tonight, I heard the trap close, hubby checked,
and wow!! the 'coon was IN it this time.

Whew! Sure hope the catcher takes him far far away before releasing
him.

Lori

..Thanks for trapping instead of shooting.
Peace

I bet the raccoon was sooooo embarrassed to get caught! Let's hope he tells all
his friends to stay away from that pond!


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
http://www.geocities.com/watergarden...ors/index.html

I bet the raccoon was sooooo embarrassed to get caught! Let's hope he tells all
his friends to stay away from that pond!

I think more like MAD! He grabbed the trouble light cord that was
under the cage and pulled part of it into the cage and chewed it up!
It wasn't plugged in.

.Thanks for trapping instead of shooting.

:-)

In article ,
Lori wrote:

.Thanks for trapping instead of shooting.


Why? What will become of him now? Will he be released in some other
area, so that he will become someone else's problem? That's hardly
ethical.

Or will the trapper drive miles and miles into the wilderness (yeah,
right) to release him in a location where he won't bother any other
humans? If so, then he's just displacing some other racoon (or other
wildlife), which means that one of them will starve, or kill the
other. Can't see the point of that.

Or is the trapper going to take the racoon to the Shady Acres Rest
Home for Wayward Racoons, where he will live to the end of his days
cared for by a loving staff, with all the Racoon Tasty Snacks he can
eat? That's a pleasant fantasy... perhaps we should go with that one.

Seriously, if the racoon is a problem for you, it's a problem period.
Trapping it just transfers the problem to someone else. Shoot it. If
you can't deal with shooting problem wildlife, don't build your homes
in their habitat.

Kelly

"Kelly E Jones" wrote in message
...
In article ,
Lori wrote:

.Thanks for trapping instead of shooting.


Seriously, if the racoon is a problem for you, it's a problem period.
Trapping it just transfers the problem to someone else. Shoot it. If
you can't deal with shooting problem wildlife, don't build your homes
in their habitat.

Isn't that how the west was won? If it moves shoot it, if tastes good, cook
it and eat it, otherwise mount it in the trophy room.

Until the coon learns to become like the rat and mouse, they're doomed to
become an endangered species, once we'd developed all their habitat.

Sameer

If you have to ask why, you wouldn't understand the answer.



On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 15:40:11 +0000 (UTC),
(Kelly E Jones) wrote:

In article ,
Lori wrote:

.Thanks for trapping instead of shooting.


Why? What will become of him now? Will he be released in some other
area, so that he will become someone else's problem? That's hardly
ethical.

Or will the trapper drive miles and miles into the wilderness (yeah,
right) to release him in a location where he won't bother any other
humans? If so, then he's just displacing some other racoon (or other
wildlife), which means that one of them will starve, or kill the
other. Can't see the point of that.

Or is the trapper going to take the racoon to the Shady Acres Rest
Home for Wayward Racoons, where he will live to the end of his days
cared for by a loving staff, with all the Racoon Tasty Snacks he can
eat? That's a pleasant fantasy... perhaps we should go with that one.

Seriously, if the racoon is a problem for you, it's a problem period.
Trapping it just transfers the problem to someone else. Shoot it. If
you can't deal with shooting problem wildlife, don't build your homes
in their habitat.

Kelly

CONGRATS on a successful "hunt". Now you can sleep much better at night
:-)

Denise

Visit my gardens:

http://web1.in4web.com/mtcdrc

CONGRATS on a successful "hunt". Now you can sleep much better at night

No more noises that send us out of bed for sure!

Andf no more destroyed water plant blloms.