From: Curious
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2003 8:18 AM
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On 21 Jul 2003 02:18:07 GMT, oway (Tyra Trevellyn)
wrote:

From: (Bill Spohn)
Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2003 7:57 PM
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Please don't harm innocent animals that don't know any better.
Try these:
http://www.gardeners.com/sell.asp?Pr...D=16975&lstCat
egory=&lstSort=0&PFImage=1&RecGroupNum=2
(probably the best)


Yeah right! As if spraying a racoon with water will dissuade it from ripping
into your garden.

Trapping is about the only way to deal with them (although I use a high
voltage
electric fence around fruit trees at harvest time) and a quick submergence
in
the trap (say 10 minutes or so) under water to make sure they are REALLY
clean
before you 'release' them......


Drowning is a slow and painful death for animals as large as raccoons.

Although it was once considered acceptable, it is no longer considered
humane.
If you must kill, consider humane methods, please.

Tyra


What are the considered "humane methods" for killing animals
please.... I'm assuming raccoons, squirrels, groundhogs, possums,
etc.

I'm not a troll, I think some of these animals can be / are
pretty destructive esp. in agricultural communities....
Also having been bitten twice by unleashed dogs on my
property, I'm not a dog lover, but let's not discuss putting down
dogs.


So broaden my education just a little..... are there humane methods
of killing animals without taking a shitload of them to the local
vet and paying for lethal injections.


This is definitely not my area and I hope, if you're as serious as you say, you
get some input from those with good information.

However, if you're a farmer or live in an agricultural community, you already
know the answer to your question. So I'm assuming you're living in a
residential area and don't like the incursion of the local wildlife on your
property. No matter, though, because aside from building an inpenetrable domed
fortress, you'll not be free of them because they live there. A "shitload" of
animals? Are you really declaring war on the entire native wildlife
population? (Note that some species are protected by law.)

Humane methods of animal destruction are methods whereby the animal is quickly
and painlessly rendered unconscious. A well-placed bullet, a blunt-force head
trauma, severed carotid arteries, sufficient electrical or chemical input, etc.
And of course these methods would need a very efficient administrator to carry
them out humanely.....

Tyra
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