cybercat wrote:
> "Gloria P" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Terry Pulliam Burd wrote:
>>> On Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:12:50 GMT, notbob > fired up
>>> random neurons and synapses to opine:
>>>
>>>> On 2009-08-11, Gregory Morrow > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yup, *exactly*. One of the "joys" of urban living is having the
>>>>> homeless
>>>>> continually rummaging through trash receptacles.......
>>>> No different out in the boonies. Only here, it's bears. Woke up this
>>>> morning to discover our garbage can (with lid bungee cord secured) wuz
>>>> folded like a pretzel and garbage strewn for 30 yrds.
>>> When I lived at 8,500' in the Colorado Rockies, we learned fast to
>>> keep our garbags cans in the garage along with the grill. And I also
>>> learned not to put hummingbird feeders out *at all*
>>>
>>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>>>
>>
>> Absolutely. The news over the weekend showed photos of a rather large
>> bear in the window of a fur shop in Aspen. The front door had been left
>> open for customers, and the bear walked in and browsed. I don't think
>> he bought anything.
>>
>> Bears, raccoons, coyotes, mountain lions are a constant threat in the
>> foothills and higher, especially when natural food sources are scarce.
>> They'll go after bird feeders, pet food, trash, gardens, and even break
>> into cars and houses and raid the refrigerator. Folk with doggy doors
>> often report finding raccoons at the dog or cat food bowls in their
>> kitchens. In our neighborhood ducks, cats and small dogs allowed to roam
>> (stoopid owners) are at the mercy of foxes, coyotes, and great horned
>> owls. It's not smart to fool around with Mother Nature.
>>
>
> Folks with doggy doors deserve what they get.
>
>

So have you seen the utube of the raccoon using the doggy door to eat
the doggy's food? :-)

Bob