"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> Ophelia wrote:
>>
>> I know Gary wouldn't do this, but my husband would stick the
>> Havahart trap with the possum still in it into a big container
>> of water. He'd rather shoot it with his .22 (which would be quicker
>> and thus more humane, but doesn't want to risk skipping a round off
>> into the neighborhood behind us.
>>
>> ------------------
>>
>> We have laws about shooting in built up areas. Do you have that or was
>> it
>> his preference?
>
> That's your only concern with this story? ;o
> In many usain states, call the game wardens when you catch a wild animal
> in a Havahart trap. They will come pick it up, drive it out somewhere
> and release it and even return your trap.
>
> Top of the food chain animals kill for food and survival. Humans are
> also top of the food chain animals in many cases but only WE kill for
> sport or just because some other animal annoys us. How dare we? We
> really aren't "all that." Hunt for food but let the other animals live.

Or drive it out yourself, since where I am they say you can't relocate the
animal and they won't either. You live in an apartment Gary, so I doubt that
squirrels in your attic doing damage, or raccoons and possum under the house
doing damage isn't a huge worry to you since you wouldn't be paying for the
pest damage or control. BTW, Ophelia didn't write the first post above,
Cheryl did.

Cheri