OMG - Racoons!!!

[Aapomp831]

Ummm... I’m sorry but this is idiotic, as well as extremely dangerous. Not only to the person but the raccoons as well that will become dependent on his care. Not sure what the point of this is, but gross. Not cute or smart at all.

 

[Mmanist]

This guy is going to die and there will be no body.
I do not like raccoons, coatimundi I like, but not coons.

If I lived my life out, and turned old and grey and kicked the bucket. I'd be happy I gave my coon friends one good last meal! I mean, I'll just be stuffed in a wooded box to rot under ground anyways.

 

[DogAndCat36]

I love wildlife and watch them at a distance and I dislike hunting. Even though I love them I would NEVER feed them human food. I saw that he was feeding them hot dogs that do not have proper nutrients for raccoons and are high in sodium and fat. Causing obesity in the raccoons and malnutrition. Also, it is really bad for the environment because they are taking raccoons out of the enviroment's food chain.

My dad worked in a wildlife rescue and rehab and he NEVER touched them unless he needed to. Wild animals have parasites also touching them can get them bonded to humans if worked with enough.

Also feeding them will get them more comfortable around humans which can attract the raccoons towards other people's houses which they will then destroy trashbags and kill their outside small pets like rabbits and poultry. Which will hurt families. Also, sickened raccoons will be in contact with people, many kids because kids tend to not know better. Sometimes unfeed creatures will even attack innocent people that don't feed them, like what moose will do.

If the person stops feeding them then these raccoons will cause so much mourn and disasters. They have to either be re-habed or euthanized. Nothing good is coming from this.
I'm so so sorry

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

My goodness! A few more days and they will be rolling!

At least chicken keeping neighbours don't have to fear these overfed raccoons.

OMG!!! So funny!!!

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

I totally agree with you! Wild animals like racoons should not be fed or getting used to humans this close. Especially when they do so much damage as racoons do...
But I do have to say they look cute!

They are so cute! The babies are just adorable. They are so smart too. I try not to view any animal as evil, as they are just trying to survive as best they can. They have no ethics or morals to consider. We have tons of raccoons here, but I leave them alone (though I will haze if I see them, to maintain their natural fear of people) and they leave our birds alone. Resident predatory species that don’t view our birds as ready food sources are a good thing. When our much more problematic bobcats hang out here, they actually eat the raccoons! At least, that’s when I start finding eaten raccoon carcasses...

 

[LaFleche]

They are so cute! The babies are just adorable. They are so smart too. I try not to view any animal as evil, as they are just trying to survive as best they can. They have no ethics or morals to consider. We have tons of raccoons here, but I leave them alone (though I will haze if I see them, to maintain their natural fear of people) and they leave our birds alone. Resident predatory species that don’t view our birds as ready food sources are a good thing. When our much more problematic bobcats hang out here, they actually eat the raccoons! At least, that’s when I start finding eaten raccoon carcasses...

Well, in that case you might just want to pamper and spoil these cuties instead until they are old enough to keep your area raccoon-free:

 

[Ursuline Chick]

@BennieAnTheJets you look like you are having so much fun. Good for you
This would be my nightmare, as I have chickens in my backyard. With that said, I watched the whole 21 min video and enjoyed every min of it. Keep enjoying yourself, life is too short to give up something you enjoy.

 

[R2elk]

@BennieAnTheJets you look like you are having so much fun. Good for you
This would be my nightmare, as I have chickens in my backyard. With that said, I watched the whole 21 min video and enjoyed every min of it. Keep enjoying yourself, life is too short to give up something you enjoy.

That isn't Bennie, that is a video she found somewhere.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Well, in that case you might just want to pamper and spoil these cuties instead until they are old enough to keep your area raccoon-free:

Lynx!!! I love lynxes! I call my kitty with the big feet my little lynx... I actually find bobcats beautiful too. It was quite the confused argument I was having with myself when running after one of “our” bobcats that was carrying away a duck, then later a guinea. I thought it was gorgeous at the same time that I was literally preparing to wring its neck if it let me catch it...

 

[LaFleche]

Lynx!!! I love lynxes! I call my kitty with the big feet my little lynx... I actually find bobcats beautiful too. It was quite the confused argument I was having with myself when running after one of “our” bobcats that was carrying away a duck, then later a guinea. I thought it was gorgeous at the same time that I was literally preparing to wring its neck if it let me catch it...

These nature induced dilemmas!