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On 3/24/2021 3:21 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> 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.Â* Who's
>> going to know
>> if you dropped them off 10-15 miles away?Â* Do these animals wear tracking
>> collars??
>>
> Who knows which wild critters that kind of feeding might attract?
> Doubtful many of them have trackers.Â* It's a random written rule in the
> book, a mile.Â* 10 miles makes more sense.Â* 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.Â* Thankfully the friend was willing to do
> that.Â* Not many people would be that patient.Â* 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.Â* You can also call to
> request assistance and get actual officers to assist you.Â* You don't
> actually have to find a spot and drive them there yourself.Â* You may go
> along, if you wish.Â* That is my understanding.Â* YMMV
>
> Those Have-a-Heart cages are also available free for the purposes of
> humanely capturing feral cats involved in TNR programs.
>
> Jill

When I relocate a problem critter (note the PROBLEM CRITTER) such as
a 'possum killing my chickens , it's a permanent relocation . Most end
up in the bellies of the local scavengers . Crows and vultures got
rights too ya know .
--
Snag
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