BastyPutt
Yes, your Polish is a cockerel...
This article claims a raccoon will travel up to 10 miles to get back - and also that you could potentially be in violation if you release it somewhere else. There is more good info here for anyone curious.I wouldn't advocate animal cruelty just for the sake of being cruel but if it is only option you have to remove a threat to your flock then how you dispatch them becomes less important in my opinion. As long as you are removing the treat in the quickest and most feasible option for your situation then I wouldn't judge anyone for that. If there's a concern of laws and legality well, if you don't advertise the deed and how you got rid of it to anyone then who's to know. Catching them and releasing them somewhere else just makes them someone else problem. Once they learn they can get good eats around humans they won't stop and if you don't stop them they become less and less afraid of humans.
https://humaneraccoonremoval.org/re...e great difficulty,away from the capture site.