Not after my encounters with the racoon beasts at
Taughannock Falls State Park Campground in New York.
Those animals were vicious and insane.
But the falls are beautiful!
Rabid coons need to be put down.
Those animals were vicious and insane.
But the falls are beautiful!
Yep, they’ll kill a dog. Which makes them my enemy. When I was a kid, my dad worked on the railroad and met and knew a lot grain elevator owner/operators, many of whom owned hounds to keep the coons away. But those coons could hold their own and the injuries they inflicted on the dogs were pretty bad.
> Coons can be real vicious. <
Yep. Quick story: I worked for a number of years in an old steel mill. I never saw a single rat the whole time I was there.
But I saw a lot of raccoons rummaging through the trash bins. I was warned by the old timers to give those raccoons a wide berth. And so I did.
This guy feeds raccoons. One day he ran out of hot dogs and all the police found were his shoes.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofp26_oc4CA
I live in a 2nd floor apartment with a nice deck. One day about noon, I opened the door to let my cat out and there was a raccoon. Called the manager, she arrived with a broom. I was already out with a broom. We both laughed. Racoons have rabies, attack cats, so it’s not funny at all.
I do feed a dear little stray cat on the deck every night right about sunset. She comes and eats a lot of chicken in gravy and some crunchies. She was once someone’s cat, but they moved (or died) and left her behind. Facebook group giving me me suggestions for getting her into a crate. My vet will check her out with no charge, and a neighbor wants to adopt her. I’d adopt her, but my Daisy hates her. Female cats do not get along unless they are from same litter.