Fw: Re: skunks(NOW Racoons,Help!)

 Greetings from the WAY OUT !!!
   This message was bounced back to me by the server.   Sorry if you end up
getting it
    twice.
 Usually when I respond to an issue I feel strongly about,  I end up
 apologizing and/or retracting.   And I get these messages,   both public &
 private,,,,
 So let us assume that the following post only represents the opinion of a
 few,  and although the tone may sound critical,  it is not intended to be
 directed toward ANY individual.   What else can I say ?     " I'm Sorry " !
 OKAY?

 I live 'way out' in the woods,  and I really enjoy the occasional  'Sunday
 Ride' visitor that is just spell bound by the beauty of nature and the
 interface of our plantings.   A fusion of open mature hardwood forrest,
 meadow and pond,,,  occasionally interrupted by a homestead or a two track
 road that winds between the trees disappearing,,,      a hermitage at the
 trails end?

Sundown and getting in the fire wood usually mark the end of the days toils.
 Boots off,  It's time for supper.   Under the cover of darkness,   dogs,
 cats, ( Raccoons?), bags of trash,  old sofas with torn cushions,,,   in
 short, all of the unwanted/undesirable dregs the 'City People'  magically
 appear.               Oops,,,   I promised my self that I would not write
 Too passionately.   Sorry!

 During my years as a Ranger with the National Park Service at  Joshua Tree
National Monument (a 570 sq. mi. park ),  we would do some rather
 sophisticated wildlife inventories.   Coupled with direct observations,  I
can tell you that even one animal the size of a raccoon can radically upset
delicate balances.   In short,  please do not inflict on nature or us 'way
out' folks.   Besides being illegal (hence subject to court action and
 fine),  there are legal remedies to you problems.   It will take some
effort
 on your part,  it may even cost something,    But please Please!,,, don't
 pass along your grief to your country cousins.

 I better bail out before I step on too many more toes,,,       Sorry,
 Brian

  Edited message from shade gardens below:

 !  (We've talked "hosta" in the past.)  We live on the edge of a
 very large park - for years we had NO problems with raccoons until some
 group of idiots decided that more money was to be had if the golf course
 was
 expanded.  Acres of wooded area were sacrificed for it and we've been
 seeing
 a plethora of raccoons and deer since.> .  I do have/use a Havahart trap
when they
  I release them WAY out
 where I hope they won't be a nuisance to someone else
  Some
 local environmental group members have given me grief for that...
 sometimes
 I just can't win.  As for the deer >

 The animals that we displace are
 simply looking to "make a living" - we all have to eat.  Now who is the
 "problem" in this situation?
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