Raccoons feasting on baby Herons in Stanley Park

[L Gilbert]

Anyway, coons been grabbing bay critters around here for weeks. Months, even. Years, I bet. Yet it seems that the populations of said critters appear to survive regardless.

 

[#juan]

I'll have to second that. We've gone past the point of being able to return to harmony with nature.

What we outta do in Stanley park is:

put up climbing blockers on the heron's trees[unquote]

Climbing blockers is all I would ask for. We wouldn't have any luck trying to deport anyone. Cute or not, raccoons are carnivorous predators preying on captive prey. The climbing blockers should solve most of that.

A few months back our cat came in covered with blood. She was bitten badly a raccoon. She had several puncture wounds through her nose, one near her eye, that went clear through into her mouth. A neighbor saw it happen. There are just too many raccoons.

I will trap as many as I can. The law doesn't let me transport them more than three kilometers away, and that is useless, so I will dispatch them with a 22 cal target pistol, which is allowed.

 

[L Gilbert]

Climbing blockers is all I would ask for. We wouldn't have any luck trying to deport anyone. Cute or not, raccoons are carnivorous predators preying on captive prey. The climbing blockers should solve most of that.

A few months back our cat came in covered with blood. She was bitten badly a raccoon. She had several puncture wounds through her nose, one near her eye, that went clear through into her mouth. A neighbor saw it happen. There are just too many raccoons.

I will trap as many as I can. The law doesn't let me transport them more than three kilometers away, and that is useless, so I will dispatch them with a 22 cal target pistol, which is allowed.

That's cool. Sometimes the population of them booms here, too. I off the ones that make a nuisance of themselves. Got two a couple autumns ago.
Cities aren't good places for nature to balance populations.
Actually, cities aren't good for nature in general.

 

[In Between Man]

The law doesn't let me transport them more than three kilometers away, and that is useless, so I will dispatch them with a 22 cal target pistol, which is allowed.

Please don't. Just defy the 3km rule and take em out farther.

 

[aman12]

Drove to Fort Smith last week.Saw 4 black bears alongside the road and was delayed 40 minutes by a herd of bison sunning themselves on the pavement. Nature is grand but we can<t apply human ideals to it. I'm probably more in line with our right wing freinds when it comes to hunting and real conservation(Inuit style).

 

[Cliffy]

That's cool. Sometimes the population of them booms here, too. I off the ones that make a nuisance of themselves. Got two a couple autumns ago.
Cities aren't good places for nature to balance populations.
Actually, cities aren't good for nature in general.

Ain't much good for humming beings either.

 

[petros]

Herons eat salmon fry and my beloved steelheads.

 

[hermanntrude]

MMmmmmm baby herons. My favourite

 

[L Gilbert]

Please don't. Just defy the 3km rule and take em out farther.

And upset the ecological system out farther. Good idea.

 

[#juan]

And upset the ecological system out farther. Good idea.

Thing is, six or seven kilometers out is still in town and they'd probably find their way back. The raccoons are getting too damn brave. One of my neighbors has two very young children. My kids are grown up and married but I would worry about these two when the raccoons are as bold as they are.

 

[L Gilbert]

Thing is, six or seven kilometers out is still in town and they'd probably find their way back. The raccoons are getting too damn brave. One of my neighbors has two very young children. My kids are grown up and married but I would worry about these two when the raccoons are as bold as they are.

Yep. It's definitely a concern. Racoons can deliver nasty bites and who knows what sorts of bugs they have in their saliva. There's no shortage of coons. A few less won't make much of a dent in their population.