I am not sure whether to laugh or cry. This old man was trying to rid himself of a pest. Had he “shot” the varmint, he could have been brought up on weapons discharge charges. Burning it alive? Well, wow. He didn’t consider fashioning a spear? Aw, Jeez, man. If he was trying to send a message to the thieving raccoon community, mission accomplished. This guy is now a raccoon terrorist. His mangoes should be safe for a while.
Incidentally, Raccoons are pretty vicious creatures when trapped or cornered.
Just makin’ ‘coon flambe!
You cook them with the whole skin on, burning off the dirty fur, and the meat comes out tender, with just a brief whiff of fuel.
Why do people judge southern culture??
Pass the butter please.
The guy just needs to say he’s Muslim, running a terrorist training camp for coons and he’ll get off.
Setting a ‘coon on fire. Now who would do such a horrible thing ?
I would like to make easier to see in the dark, but not like this.
Is there such a thing as glow in the dark paint balls?
I am currently battling skunks and have also seen a racoon in my yard.
Calling the Animal Control Office is not always the answer. I borrowed a cage from a friend and caught a skunk. Called the Animal Control Office to pick it up. They sent a young lady who appeared to be all of 18 or 19 years old. Must have been her first day on the job as she ended up getting sprayed. The city didn’t even provide her with a $0.99 disposable rain jacket for protection. She departed but i don’t know if she took the skunk with her as i caught another one a few days later.
I called the Animal Control Office again just to have them inform me they now would only pick animals up if they are in a “skunk proof” trap because the agent who got sprayed ended up having to go home to shower and missed half a day of work. So i had a skunk in a trap in the heat of summer. Not real interested in getting sprayed or contracting rabies i wasn’t sure what i was going to do. Somehow the skunk got out of the trap.
The city has since procurred some skunk proof traps residents can borrow.
Can’t shoot them (within city limits). Have used water and smoke bombs but those only work in confined areas and there is a risk of fire.
Transporting them in a trap is also tricky if all your vehicles are enclosed. I caught one in the skunk proof trap a couple of nights ago and relocated it after bagging the entire trap. still stinked up the vehicle (it’s not just their spray that stinks!).
This guy has more than lost it. He should be involuntarily committed to a senior age residence. Poor raccoon...
Don’t care that it’s an old guy.
Don’t care that it was a “nuisance” animal.
You are either Humane or you are worse than any Animal. Animal’s kill their Prey in terrible ways because that is how they are wired in order to survive.
Human’s supposedly have the gift of Compassion, Forethought and Rationality. (well, unless you’re a Leftist)
Defending what this guy did, equating the cruelty of burning an Animal to death (or drowning, how nice) versus shooting the Animal so it would at least have a quick and painless death is ridiculous.
You do what you have to do depending on the circumstances. The Man wasn’t defending himself, he tortured a Caged Animal to death. Would people here be defending him if that Animal was a Dog that he “feared” had Rabies?
I guess they could send this guy to China so he can boil some Dogs alive. After all, it makes the meat taste better or so they say.
Just my $.02, your mileage may vary.
Get off my lawn!!!
Shoot him, drown him quickly, club him...fine. But fire is unnecessary cruelty.
Soak his arm in gasoline then set it on fire just to let him know what the animal suffered thru.
Either a bullet to the head or carbon monoxide from a car exhaust pipe would have been a more humane way to dispose of the animal if not just transporting it 10 miles or more away from his house and just releasing it........
Mark