It's not just about a squirrel

Tilting At Windmills ^ | Nov 04, 2024 | Tom Knighton

[DeplorablePaul]

Now, I’m someone who has put meat in the freezer by my own hand. I have no delusions about where meat comes from and I’m not some crazed animal rights activist that thinks animal lives are the same as human lives.

But that doesn’t matter because none of the outrage is really about the squirrel.

No, it’s about justice.

See, the issue with Peanut here is the uneven application of the law.

[joe fonebone]

Every state.....
EVERY STATE....
Has a dnr or other such organization.
In every state the dnr or whoever, has the right to enter your property without a warrant to search for illegal game ( I do not agree with this at all).
Keeping and taming a wild animal is illegal in all 50 states.
Wild animals found to have been kept and tamed are killed (they cannot be reintroduced into the wild, they will die or be killed by other animals).

Now, here’s the tricky part.....
Anyone that has removed a wild animal from the wild and tamed it has committed a felony, and is subject to arrest.
Period.
Does the state run dnr or whatever have the right to enter your property without a warrant?
The courts have to decide this one ( I’m gonna bet no ).
Does a citizen have the right to remove wildlife from the wild and keep it as a pet?
Not no but hell no.
This guy belongs in prison.
And, he’s just plain stupid.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Lots of states have been doing this for decades. The bottom line is “don’t keep wild animals”. Their euthanasia policies are pretty uniform. I remember one, in Arizona, where a boy had been raising a pet crow for years, when the state confiscated the bird, mumbling some inanity about testing it, then promptly killed it. Quite a fuss at the time.

There is no clarity on why the states do it, either. The assumption is usually to prevent disease, but that boat doesn’t float, either.