Re: Picket Line

**J* B* <j*@usol.com>**

Again I may be mistaken, but my belief is that by eliminating the  
predators humans took the first step in allowing raccoons to  
proliferate.  We eliminated their habitat, but raccoons are able to  
adjust their needs to living in the middle of a cement city, so  
habitat loss is not a problem.  Then with  sanitation standards that  
allowed food to be easily accessible by raccoons, especially in the  
cities and suburbs, the food supply was big enough to support a  
growing number of raccoons.  I think people are the problem.  The  
solution is also with people but none is apparent at the moment/

Jeff Ball
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On Dec 4, 2007, at 3:12 PM, margaret lauterbach wrote:

My house was built in the 1950s, and I live on a culdesac.  Raccoons
are proliferating at such a pace they're moving into this area
(isolated by Interstate on the south, deep canal on the north and
busy highways fore and aft.  How is the raccoon population explosion
a "human"-caused problem?  Margaret Lauterbach

> "Pests," like most things, are in the eye of the beholder. And  
> simplistic
> solutions usually don't solve complex problems.
> Let Jeff's experience be a lesson to us all. Doing adequate research,
> writing about what we know, and checking our facts are just as  
> important
> today, as ever.
>
> Until humans begin to understand that the deer, bear, racoon etc.,
> "problems" are caused by PEOPLE, we will remain unable to solve them.
>
> Why not try sustainable development? It can't be any worse than what
> we've already created.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lois J. de Vries
> Visit http://loisdevries.blogspot.com

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