"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Cheri wrote:
>>
>> "Gary" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > sf wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Throw it wherever you want. Mine would go into the garbage because I
>> >> don't want to attract rats, raccoons, possums etc.
>> >
>> > Come on...all of those animals are cute and friendly if you feed them.
>> > Rats are supposedly friendly but my daughter's rat bit me...*******
>> > Raccoon are cool too except in Bothell.
>> > Possums are super meek and friendly.
>> > etc. animals have their good sides too.
>>
>> Baloney, raccoons, possum etc. can be very destructive.
>
> Yes they can be destructive. A raccoon dragged Julies cat out of a
> screened window and ate it.
>
> All said though, those destructive animals can also be cool. No need to
> just kill them if they show up. We humans are way too quick to move into
> animal territory and then just kill them if they get in our way. They
> were here first, ya know.

I don't kill them and there is a whole lot of wild territory for them to
inhabit without coming to my small place. I do catch them in a Haveaheart
trap when necessary, but they haven't been around for several years now. I
blame one of my neighbors for feeding them though which caused them to stay
at the time.

Cheri