He doesn't look amused.
Well mangoes do have some, ummm, special powers.
He needs more land.
Raccoons are nuisance animals and there’s no bag limit on them in Florida. I’m not advocating for his methods, but he could just take them out with a .22 to keep them out of his garden.
His brain is working well enough to be concerned about rabies from the coon, but sounds like he may be slipping mentally.
He doesn't look amused.
Nosy neighbors are a mixed blessing.
She probably spends most of the day peeping through her dusty lace curtains.
That seems rather harsh. Ma didn’t even swat Clyde for eating all her goddamn Oreos.
But I'd also advise him to drop the live trap, racoon and all, into a tank of water since water is cheaper than gasoline and the live trap is less likely to be damaged.
Alternately, if the pesky neighbor is going to be such a nuisance, get one of those black construction clean-up quality garbage bags, wrap the live trap in that and leave it out in the sun. Then, get up before daylight and drop the racoon in the neighbor's driveway.
A*hole. There’s a better and more humane way to eliminate raccoons; we’ve used it. Or trap the sucker and move it elsewhere — far, far away. (Supposedly, they find their way back as long as they don’t have to cross water.)
That’s just plain animal cruelty even on a nuisance animal. The punishment should fit the crime so have the bailiff squirt some charcoal fluid on his bare crotch then light it while his hands are handcuffed behind his back. Let burn for 5 minutes or until it goes out, whichever comes first, then cart him to the OR to have his burnt genitals cut off. Give him a tube of Neosporin and send him home.
Next case.
“I can’t stand what people do to animals anymore. They need to live too,” Nancy Gill said.
I really hate busybodies. A friend of mine on Mercer Island (Near seattle) needed to get rid of some trees, except the city won’t allow you to cut down your trees. So he did what everybody there does. He killed the trees he wanted to cut down (”spiked” them) and then, when they were obviously dead, he went to cut them down. The neighbor lady came out and said that if he cut them down she was calling the police. He had to explain to her that dead trees are a danger.
This is why I now live in rural KY.
I’ve trapped and dispatched many coons. Apparently this old feller hasn’t heard of the three S’s
That’s messed up. A .22 or a tarp and a hose to car/mower exhaust is more humane.
“Where’s my saprize?”
Critter control. Talk about doing it wrong.
88 YO. By now he should have learned to share!
Most of your horrendous murderers have a past history of being cruel to animals.
This sounds like a line from a Jimmy Buffett song.
Creatures are full of spite. There are lots of things that many animals, humans included, do that is .. well.. in-humane.
Both the burning and the drowning, as well as the .22 to the head are all a bit much for just messing with your trash.
I’ve been harassed lately by a black bear. I carry a gun incase it wants to eat me - or maybe even sample a bit of my meat before making a decision - but I’m not shooting it because I had to clean up garbage.
As humans being at the top of the food chain, we all need to consider our position a bit better before firing up the flame thrower.
Of which I also have and use. You know, wasp nests.
While our original U.S. culture doesn’t condone animal worship, it doesn’t condone cruelty to animals, either. There are more humane methods for getting rid of varmints. Intentionally burning them to death is certainly an activity that is foreign to us.
Straightforward animal cruelty. The only question is whether he’s mentally competent.