Not an apartment dweller, and the raccoons can find plenty of food in other areas, they just choose not to because its easier to get at the waste we leave out. Its not starving them, its simply making them work for their food.Lot of apartment/condo dwellers piping up now I see. Half think that starving the little buggers (this is humane?) is the way to go because they will move on while others opine that they will die if moved or forced to move as little as a kilometre away. Others think that a little personal greenspace is ticky/tacky whatever that is and that its all the humans fault.
We cull geese and deer at the airport and euthanize dogs and cats routinely without much protest. Interesting
Human.Who are we to play God with the lives of innocent animals?
Exactly.Not an apartment dweller, and the raccoons can find plenty of food in other areas, they just choose not to because its easier to get at the waste we leave out. Its not starving them, its simply making them work for their food.
If a human wants green space they shouldn't have cut down the forest or plowed up and paved over the fields that used to be there. Humanity doesn't want anything they can't control, so they destroy it and rebuild over it, then complain when the species that were living there before move into what they've built over their homes.
And I protest the euthanization of animals all the time. Too many people refuse to get their pets fixed, but don't want to deal with the consequences of offspring, so they kill off the excess unwanted animals. I protest that quite often. I also protest the attempts to cull wild species near airports and other man-made stretches of developed land that were once the domains of these animals now deemed a 'nuisance' to the people there.
You forget that the statement applies to humans, not animals. It doesn't even make sense to apply it to animals. We don't cage and slaughter millions of people for consumption either.But on the issue of humaneness, go back to your New Testament and remind yourself we are to treat others as we treat ourselves.
Nobody here wants to live in a jungle. We prefer our paved roads, brick houses, and cars. You do too. Humans create living space that is hospitable to us because none was created for us.If a human wants green space they shouldn't have cut down the forest or plowed up and paved over the fields that used to be there. Humanity doesn't want anything they can't control, so they destroy it and rebuild over it, then complain when the species that were living there before move into what they've built over their homes.
You're absolutely right in all respects. Nearly all the so-called "problems" with animals are actually problems with humans.I've had more problems with humans than I've ever had dealing with raccoons foraging for food. There are millions of people in Toronto who do far more damage than however many raccoons there are. Who are we to play God with the lives of innocent animals?
Keep your garbage under control. Simple as that.
All these "raccoon threads" on TERB have me more convinced than ever that there are a LOT of sick twisted sadists on this site. Real men don't obsess about torturing and killing animals.
I think you really mean what is commonly termed as inhuman although that's a misnomer as well. Humans commit so-called inhuman acts all the time that are virtually unknown with animals.Human.
I don't equate removing pests from cities as playing God. I really don't understand that line of thinking.Who are we to play God with the lives of innocent animals?
Animals don't have rights, humans do.I think you really mean what is commonly termed as inhuman although that's a misnomer as well. Humans commit so-called inhuman acts all the time that are virtually unknown with animals.
Just like the geese, they're probably so polluted that you couldn't safely eat them. Having had marmot, there's not much meat on them and that cute wittle face staring back at you from the garbage bin would just be too much for some.Free barbecue? Lol
That's right. Just as private citizens tackle their own rodent problems, they should be allowed to dispose of raccoons on their property any way they like. Government is expensive and ineffective.If anything, do not let the government handle this. they will creat a task force to study the problem for years, spending millions upon millions on private consultants and travel expenses to other parts of the world with similar problems. then after 10 years, they say it is not ecologically or economically feasible to do anything about it.
