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On 3/24/2021 3:36 PM, wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 1:58:05 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> My friend has a crazy lady next door who puts out all sorts of food for
>> animals. Not just suet and bird seed. She puts out scraps of meet,
>> leftovers and cat food. She thinks she is terrific because she is kind
>> to animals. My friend has three Setters who go nuts at the parade of
>> squirrels and chipmunks going by to her house. He is also concerned
>> about foxes, raccoons, opossums and coyotes. He asked asked her to stop
>> but she continues. Last year he started live trapping them and
>> relocating them, which is quite legal if you don't take them more than a
>> mile or so. She phoned the town to complain about him doing that.
>>
> First off, I'd take those critters a lot further than a mile. Who's going to know
> if you dropped them off 10-15 miles away? Do these animals wear tracking
> collars??
>
Who knows which wild critters that kind of feeding might attract?
Doubtful many of them have trackers. It's a random written rule in the
book, a mile. 10 miles makes more sense. Maybe it was a typo in the
book.

> Second, whoever she talked to at whatever department she phoned, did they tell
> her to drop dead and stop being an idiot?
>
I'm pretty sure the department of whatever were laughing when they
realized she was complaining about him.

They are likely the agency that told the friend about the humane
trapping/relocating option. Thankfully the friend was willing to do
that. Not many people would be that patient. BTW, I know for a fact in
the US you can borrow Have-a-Heart traps from most local animal control
and humane society offices for that purpose. You can also call to
request assistance and get actual officers to assist you. You don't
actually have to find a spot and drive them there yourself. You may go
along, if you wish. That is my understanding. YMMV

Those Have-a-Heart cages are also available free for the purposes of
humanely capturing feral cats involved in TNR programs.

Jill
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