Trapped raccoon

[jhm47]

I'm saying that you need to put trap and all in the bag. Not just the animal.

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Sorry, I should have figured that. Still, I'm sure the animal would be able to reach through the wires of the trap and tear the bag. And it all sounds like it would take more time and cause the animal more anguish than drowning in water.

 

[redhen]

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Why not??
How about you go tie a bag around your head and get back to me on that...
Let me know how it feels...
Thats just as cruel as drowning an animal..

 

[Tommie D]

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[Xtina]

That is where this raccoon ended up. A friend of my husband's is making a nice coon-skin cap. We'll see what we do if we ever catch a raccoon again!

 

[Sunny Side Up]

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I am a firm believer in compassion & kindness towards animals, but really, there is a line past which you stop applying The Golden Rule to your choices. Certainly I would not like reaching for a tasty-looking piece of cheese and having my neck broken by a spring-loaded bar of metal. But that doesn't stop me from setting snap-traps to catch & kill rats in my barn. And it would just spoil my day to be hung by my legs and have my neck arteries slit, but I still use this method to dispatch chickens for my table.

I don't trap predators & pests for fun, and do try my best to employ preventative measures so they're not so attracted to my place. But sometimes it's still necessary to have to trap the surplus. When that happens, I think the most compassionate thing to do is make their final hours/minutes as peaceful as possible, and find the way that works best for your situation. I think of it as the final kindness I can offer, as I do for the chickens I process, to dispatch them as quickly & efficiently as possible for their sakes.

 

[redhen]

Every animal deserves a QUICK, humane death..
the snapping of the neck is fine..its quick and humane... not much more you can ask for there...
Drowning and suffocating..however..is not humane by any means.
BUt i agree.. to each their own choices. I guess..

 

[Robo]

I don't care how humane it is. Just shoot the dang things. If they eat your chicken you shoot it in the head. If you're in the city stab it with a knife. If you can't stab it buy a baseball bat. When I trap one I just give it a whack on the head, and poof it's dead.

 

[redhen]

I think shooting in the head is humane...

 

[Robo]

I think that it is the best way to do it. There is no mess afterwards.