Posted on 01/07/2009 7:04:59 PM PST by marktwain
PASADENA - A woman shot and killed a raccoon that was fighting with her pit bull terrier, police said.
Pasadena police Lt. Randell Taylor said neighbors called authorities to report a shot fired in the 600 block of Las Robles Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
When police arrived, they learned a large raccoon had attacked a resident's dog.
"She got a shovel and hit the raccoon about 15 times," Taylor said. "She shot it in the mid-section and it was still getting the best of the dog."
Taylor said the woman retrieved the shovel and again hit the raccoon several times before it let go of her dog.
"The dog was OK, other than some nasty cuts and bruises," Taylor said.
The Humane Society of the San Gabriel Valley recommended the woman take her dog to a 24-hour emergency veterinarian to check for rabies, Taylor said.
so it’s not a “raccoon attacking dog,” it’s a “raccoon, attacking dog.”
Rabies or a mother with a liter nearby. Saw on video where mom chased an animal rescue worker across a yard as a warning to stay away from her babies.
Rabid no doubt.
Yeah. I would bet on the raccoon.
The big ones are scary.
But I would think a pit could take one anyway. They say the smaller pits are usually tougher than the bigger ones...in a dog fight anyway.
Just a racoon doing the work of breed killing that humans won’t do.
This means that eliminating raccoons in the crawl space of your home with a 12 gauge is, strictly speaking, illegal. (Not that anyone would ever do that.)
I'd say trying to take a 50 pound pit bull eating 'coon with a 22 magnum at close range would be quite a sporting proposition.
Not necessarily. Your suburban raccoon feeds mostly on garbage, pet food and the occasional small pet. They tend to grow somewhat larger than their rural cousins and, having no fear of suburban humans, can be quite aggressive.
This can’t be true; pit bulls are so tough they can crush cars with their jaws, and shoot lasers from their eyes...
My daughters Pit weighs 110 lbs - he’s a lap baby. Our little pit’s mom weighed about 40 lbs and dad was about 80 so I suspect he’s be on the smaller side too....and we have plenty of fat raccoons for him to chase.
My daughters Pit weighs 110 lbs - he’s a lap baby. Our little pit’s mom weighed about 40 lbs and dad was about 80 so I suspect he’s be on the smaller side too....and we have plenty of fat raccoons for him to chase.
Was the dog wearing lipstick? Was the racoon wearing a pantsuit?
Apparently, the 40ish pounders are the most deadly fighters. Any pit weighing a hundred pounds would be a fat lazy slug.
That’s a pretty good description of Rocco...fat and lazy.
Our little guy is only 8 weeks old so he’s still a feather weight and the cat can still take him....for now.
I used to have a cat that liked to fight the raccoons that come around the house at night in the winter. Often my wife and I would find him pretty badly torn up with holes in his neck and elsewhere. He managed to survive his combats for two years until he got run over by a car.
Racoons are tough and can be real nasty. I’ve never seen one succumb in less than a couple of minutes after being shot with a .22 lr, even the head shot ones. Racoons are the biggest problem if you keep chickens around here. Often they’ll manage to get in the coop and kill chickens but leave after taking a few bites when they can’t figure out a way to abscond with the carcass.
I’ve tried a live catch trap but all I’ve ever managed to catch was possums and the odd neighborhood cat. The cats get to go home but the possums don’t as they do much damage to my fruit trees.
Tough raccoon. I hope the dog is in no danger of rabies.
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