On 2016-07-28 9:04 AM, nancy young wrote:
> On 7/28/2016 6:50 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

>
> I haven't noticed that possums do anything that would
> make me want to kill them. I know they're out there but I
> don't see them.

You don't have a chicken coop.


> I had a rabid skunk years ago. The cop that came was debating
> whether to shoot it or not, but was afraid of the bullet hitting
> the neighbor's house. The poor thing was so thin, I don't think
> its body would have stopped a bullet.

It is a small target, and after they kill it they have to dispose of the
carcass.
We had a bit of a horror story over a rabid animal last winter. Somebody
had called about a rabid coyote. The cop car came along and saw the
coyote and hit it with his cruiser. Then he got out and shot the
disabled animal. I can see two sides to it. Yes, it sounds like a cruel
and heartless way to put down a dangerous animal. OTOH, there was the
risk of a reportedly rabid coyote escaping into the neighbourhood. I
find it difficult to fault the cop for making a quick decision to remove
a thread to the community. Unfortunately, it turned out that the animal
that was struck and then shot was not a coyote. It was a very old, blind
dog that looked like a coyote and who had wandered away from the owner's
property.




>
> He was finally able to roust the animal control guy from wherever
> he was hiding and they used my cat carrying case to take it away.
> They said I could pick up the case if I wanted it back. I said thanks,
> it's all yours.
>
> nancy
>