We live on the edge of Wichita, Kansas. I am aware that there are often as many racoons in cities as in rural areas. We have racoons in our neighborhood,...
Your final sentence pretty much summed it up, it is just the "luck of the draw". I would suggest securing your garbage, then they will have no reason to enter...
... Hi Robert, Wow, the wild and wonderful world of animal communication via droppings! Happily wild animals don't hold us in the same proprietary regard as...
Thank you both for your input. I'll try the vinegar. also read yesterday that an ammonia soaked rag near the trash will deter animals. We have to use the bin...
Bob -- thank you for taking the time and spending the energy to inquire about your alternatives in this situation and not just killing the raccoon(s). I...
This was a most interesting rescue I did on Saturday. The owl, although very hard to see (on the left, in the first stream of water, a couple of inches from...
We have received an anonymous letter (how useful is that??) about a man two doors down who was witnessed shooting deer with a pellet gun in May this year. ...
I just posted this to the raccoon rescue list but figured there may be folks on this list too concerned about grape/raisin toxicity : First of all the reports...
For all of you using Fort Dodge vaccines (l do) they have an ad which I just saw for the first time in last month's, July 2004, issue of Veterinary Medicine....
This is another sad case of a rescued raccoon, turned into a pet in a state where the keeping of wildlife is illegal. Although one can feel for the woman who...
there is an individual on eBay who currently has an auction for 300 raccoon heads (9 bids so far), I thought that was bad enough (silly me) but now discover...
Have crossposted to ProtectRWildlife who have been very successful in dealing with the removal of the sale animal parts from EBay. Lorinne Anderson,...
Do raccoons kill their own? Yesterday, during the early evening, I came upon an adult raccoon killing a juvenile, by biting and shaking it & attempting to...
... oh how sad, I'm so sorry you had to witness something like that - I'm sure in any/every species there will be anomalies where "homicides" take place -...
... Hi Mary, I have no idea and hate to even think about it - I know that there are many satanic cults in this country that might use items like this - there...
Re: [raccoonwatchers] who wants them? why?This kind of wholesale killing for no reason that we can figure out, should be looked into. Is there someone who can...
... super idea Sheila... it'd also be interesting to email uncledrafty and winners of his other head auctions to ask what sorts of neat things they're doing...
I can't think of any logical use unless like said before religious, demonic or some fare eastern thing for food etc. but maybe some school on taxidermy but I'd...
I posted the situation to ProtectRWildlife, here is the response. "Animals and Wildlife Products Internal organs of animals Internal organs of animals (for...
I did some looking on the web, typing in "raccoon head." The one story that keeps popping up is about a disgruntled striking high school band leader who mailed...
... Mary (and all other Michigan residents) There is a huge movement going on to put this atrocity on the ballot and get it out to a public vote - ALL polls...
Mary, There was a request posted as to how one would protest the sale of objects such as raccoon heads, I just posted the information. If one were interested...
Several New York friends of mine, including rehabbers as well as concerned faculty from Columbia University, have been in contact with NY's DEC (Department of...
As most of you remember Michigan, without benefit of proof of raccoon rabies being present in neighboring states, proposed several years ago to eradicate the...
At $1.00 per dose, could it possibly be cheaper to kill raccoons, than it would be to eliminate rabies with aerial baits ? There is no logic, economic or...
... not cheaper but much more fun - this DNR is consumed with creating merriment for themselves - at the last genocide hearings the head honcho made an...
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