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I have to get a professional commercial trappers license for my own property. huh?

At our suburban home we had a raccoon that was sick - acting like a zombie - passive, confused sort of “stuck” where a rock wall meets the house. I forget now what it had - but not rabies. Distemper?

I called county animal control, no help.

I called a professional guy, no answer.

Called another professional $100 trip fee, $100 removal, $50 disposal fee - he said “Just kill it and dump it in the garbage.”

I really do try to do things legally.

So my wife thought to call the cops. (Quiet suburban town).
The young cop comes out about a 15 minutes later (probably midnight now) and I’m asking what can be done about it.

“If it weren’t for all of your neighbors I would just shoot it.”

“I read up on the laws, and it is illegal for me to kill it - one has to be a pro, have a license, etc.”

“It is!? Well, that seems like a pretty dumb law. If it was me, I’d club it over the head with a hammer when nobody is watching, and toss it in the garbage. I’m going to leave now. And my report is going to say that the raccoon had wandered off before I got here. Have a nice night.”