Darn another baby predator caught!

[Kazzandra]

Wildlife rehabs, at least in my state, can't take raccoons due to rabies.

Yep, technically, you can't move it, you can't give it to someone else-- just what do they want us to do with it? Oh, and if you live in town limits, you can't shoot it either.


I've trapped out all of my predators. If the police really want to arrest or fine me for moving a raccoon without touching it or it's trap to large wild acreage that the owner gave me explicit permission to release predators on, then it would be worth it for all of the chicken's lives I've saved. I'm not the only one that keeps chickens in the neighbourhood anymore (yay!) and I know we would have lost some if I hadn't been vigilant with trapping.

 

[akcountrygrrl]

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This is illegal in many states

Not only may relocating be illegal but you should really research the area you are relocating the animals to. Is that area already saturated with that particular species? Are the animals familiar with the food sources that are available? Are you creating problems for other people? Will the animals have to fight the existing population for territory? What predators are you exposing them to that they may not have already been exposed to? Are the animals healthy or are they going to spread a disease to the other animals in the area? Is the animal an adult with babies who can't survive without it? Is it a baby who hasn't learned to survive? Have you just sentenced that animal to a slow, painful death due to starvation, disease, or injury? While it may seem kinder to relocate the animal, often times it is much kinder to quickly and humanely dispatch the animal.

Animal rehabilitation facilities aren't really the best solution either. I know up here, the rehab centers will release the animal as close as possible back where it was found for the same reasons as the questions above.

Baby animals are cute but they can grow quickly into nasty livestock killers who are a drain on time and money and emotions.

 

[southerndesert]

Funny critters and not good pets no matter how cute they look. Had one named Carl when I was about 11 and we did everything together until Carl turned around 1 year old. Darn thing went psycho and began attacking everyone including me snarling and so on. Tried to train him, but he cornered the neighbor kid in their garage and his dad dispatched him with a ball bat.... This all happened in one week, critter just plumb nutted up and went wild, not sick or anything just wild.

 

[1livelychick]

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Bummer....and so the old saying goes......"Nature vs. Nurture"

 

[redhen]

Awww! Send him to me!

 

[calista]

The devil in disguise...

 

[Mattemma]

Looked up the laws for my state:
http://ohiodnr.com/?tabid=5674

 

[ihaveachicken]

adorable!

 

[TreeHugger]

Awwww; he/she is adorable. I will admit raccoons are my favorite; I've hand raised and released them back on my property. The female I raised 4 years ago still makes an occasionally appearance & will still let me touch her, she gets frontlined and a pet on the head when I get the chance to see her

Her 3 brothers went completely wild within 6 months to a year and I never saw them after that.

One a side note I've had to build a fort knox coop & I've had only a handful of birds lost to predators in the last 4 years. The little ones are actually the worse since they can squeeze into the smaller spaces and will kill just about everything because it's "fun". Kind of like a kitten or puppy playing with a toy.

 

[NHchicks]

Forget the raccoons, it's the foxes driving me crazy. And those critters are CUTE. My husband tried to trap them with no success - it's not easy. Right now I'm just babysitting my chickens. I have a love/hate relationship with foxes - love when I see how adorable they are, hate when they pick off my chickens. GRRRRR.