Starving Baby Raccoons

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Dozens upon dozens of baby raccoons have starved to

death because of the actions of some neighbors. These

neighbors do not want any wildlife around. They have

already killed all the squirrels, using traps and

warfarin. The woman hacks up every snake, on sight.

They have killed numerous birds, including

hummingbirds. The woman says that cats are not worth

anything, and that dogs have the right to go onto the

cat's property and kill it there. They spray every

insect and weed. For the past six months, they, and

some others they have recruited, have been trying to

totally eradicate the raccoon population.

 

At first, we started seeing raccoons with their tails

cut off in various stages, and one that had its tail

literally ripped from its body leaving a big, gaping,

bloody wound. One seven-month-old had a broken front

leg and could no longer run or climb trees for

protection. I put some food out to try to keep them

from going to the neighbors, but that didn't work.

The one, that had its tail ripped off, showed up for

three days in a row, for something to eat, then never

showed up again. By now, they have disposed of the

entire local population of raccoons. This would

number 35 - 40. However, the total count is much

higher. Some were just about to give birth, while

many others had already given birth, meaning that

dozens of baby raccoons have starved to death. As new

arrivals have been coming in to fill the void, they

have been meeting the same fate. Also, since it is

nursing mothers that have been responding to the

baiting of these beautiful animals, there are more and

more babies starving to death all the time. The SPCA

will not do anything. So, I need a way to put pressure

on this issue to try to get it stopped. These people

have lots of money and can continue this indefinitely.

 

You should see these people after showing their

" superiority " and exercising their " power " to

eliminate these innocent, helpless animals. After

getting rid of another one and, also, knowing that the

babies are now slowly starving to death, they go out

onto their deck, prepare a barbecue dinner, then go

inside and watch tv.

 

This is happening in B.C., Canada. This particular

area is trying to attract tourists. I was hoping to

find people, that care enough about the lives of these

animals, that would email letters to the editor or

opinion page of our local papers, and to our local

chamber of commerce, and express their anger at such

behavior, and for this being allowed to happen here.

 

Please, if you care about the lives of these adult and

baby raccoons, or even just believe that this should

never happen to any animal, email the included

addresses. Identify the local area where this is

happening (Ship's Point), and please state that you

would not visit the Comox Valley for allowing this to

go on, and, also, that you will be telling others of

what is happening here. This area is very sensitive

to tourist money, and your response could help put

some pressure and notoriety on the people responsible

for this.

 

Every day they are baiting any new arrivals.

 

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[Guest guest]

Maria;

 

Do you have any idea who sent this? I feel like I need to know

who it is about before I can send anything about it.

 

Deborah

 

 

Dozens upon dozens of baby raccoons have starved to

death because of the actions of some neighbors. These

neighbors do not want any wildlife around. They have

already killed all the squirrels, using traps and

warfarin. The woman hacks up every snake, on sight.

They have killed numerous birds, including

hummingbirds. The woman says that cats are not worth

anything, and that dogs have the right to go onto the

cat's property and kill it there. They spray every

insect and weed. For the past six months, they, and

some others they have recruited, have been trying to

totally eradicate the raccoon population.

 

At first, we started seeing raccoons with their tails

cut off in various stages, and one that had its tail

literally ripped from its body leaving a big, gaping,

bloody wound. One seven-month-old had a broken front

leg and could no longer run or climb trees for

protection. I put some food out to try to keep them

from going to the neighbors, but that didn't work.

The one, that had its tail ripped off, showed up for

three days in a row, for something to eat, then never

showed up again. By now, they have disposed of the

entire local population of raccoons. This would

number 35 - 40. However, the total count is much

higher. Some were just about to give birth, while

many others had already given birth, meaning that

dozens of baby raccoons have starved to death. As new

arrivals have been coming in to fill the void, they

have been meeting the same fate. Also, since it is

nursing mothers that have been responding to the

baiting of these beautiful animals, there are more and

more babies starving to death all the time. The SPCA

will not do anything. So, I need a way to put pressure

on this issue to try to get it stopped. These people

have lots of money and can continue this indefinitely.

 

You should see these people after showing their

" superiority " and exercising their " power " to

eliminate these innocent, helpless animals. After

getting rid of another one and, also, knowing that the

babies are now slowly starving to death, they go out

onto their deck, prepare a barbecue dinner, then go

inside and watch tv.

 

This is happening in B.C., Canada. This particular

area is trying to attract tourists. I was hoping to

find people, that care enough about the lives of these

animals, that would email letters to the editor or

opinion page of our local papers, and to our local

chamber of commerce, and express their anger at such

behavior, and for this being allowed to happen here.

 

Please, if you care about the lives of these adult and

baby raccoons, or even just believe that this should

never happen to any animal, email the included

addresses. Identify the local area where this is

happening (Ship's Point), and please state that you

would not visit the Comox Valley for allowing this to

go on, and, also, that you will be telling others of

what is happening here. This area is very sensitive

to tourist money, and your response could help put

some pressure and notoriety on the people responsible

for this.

 

Every day they are baiting any new arrivals.

 

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echo

 

chamber

 

Thank you.

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

This is another email that was sent regarding the

starving baby raccoons. The person who has been

witnessing these events can be contacted at:

chomper Please feel free to contact this

person for more info.

 

Maria

 

 

I wish to thank everyone for the excellent response

I have received regarding my posting about the

raccoons. My main issue was the welfare of the

raccoons. I included the other things that had

happened to try to give some perspective as to the

callous disregard that I have witnessed about any form

of wildlife, here, where I live. I want to elaborate

on what I wrote and how I arrived at finally seeking

out anyone that cared about the lives of these

raccoons.

 

I will try to make this as brief as possible, because,

in actual fact, it is a long story. The things I wrote

are things that I have personally witnessed and

listened to.

 

THE SQUIRRELS: When we first met those people (in the

autumn), one of the very first things the guy said to

me was that we didn't want any squirrels around

because they would just nest in the attic and be a

nuisance. I asked if they had done that at his place.

He said no, but that they would. During the summer, my

wife likes to sit out in the sun. We like all forms of

animal life, and the next summer we started offering

some food to the squirrels. We even named them. It was

so enjoyable having them around. They traveled a long

distance to take their food away, so had come from

somewhere else in the neighborhood. One day, I heard

the woman next door start yelling, " Ooh, Oh, Ooh, Ah " .

This lasted for about a full half-minute until her

husband finally asked what the matter was. She said

that she had turned around and there was a squirrel

sitting on the branch next to her, and that it had

scared her. Moments later, he started walking toward

the house. She asked him where he was going, and he

said he was going to get the traps. A short time

later, the squirrels were all disappearing. I even saw

one of the traps set on their property. Then one day,

he took her out to the driveway to show her a dead

squirrel. I heard him tell her that there weren't any

marks on it, so he must have gotten it with the

warfarin. All the squirrels quit showing up. After

years of having none around, I have finally heard the

sounds of a lone squirrel, back in the area. I will

not feed it. I hope it leaves.

 

THE SNAKES: I have witnessed the woman hack the

snakes to pieces while repeatedly telling them how

much she hates them. I have personally witnessed this

on three different occasions.

 

THE BIRDS: The birds were killed indirectly. Their

bird feeder always had large amounts of fungus growing

in it. He would always be showing me lots of dead

birds on their property. No marks on them. Every year,

I showed him articles explaining that if the bird

feeders were allowed to grow fungus, that it can and

does compromise the birds' immune system, leading to

fatalities. He shrugged it off, said he wasn't going

to clean them, and if the birds were hungry enough,

they would eat the food. The hummingbirds: They had

feeders up. We got some, and I tried using the

store-bought nectar. The hummingbirds wouldn't touch

it. I asked the woman what they used. She said to just

use regular sugar, mix it at 1:1 with water, and then

just bring it to a boil. I did that and it attracted a

lot of hummingbirds. Fortunately, I hadn't done that

for long when I read that the strongest mixture should

be no more than one part sugar to four parts water. I

hanged the mixture immediately. In the meantime, the

guy was showing me dead hummingbirds hanging in the

small trees, on their property. I told him that I had

read that using a mixture too strong, stronger than

1:4 sugar to water, would cause the birds' organs to

harden, killing them. I gave him the article. He

continued to show me more dead hummingbirds, more than

a dozen in just one month, just hanging there dead. He

said she likes to attract a lot of them to their

feeder. I just felt that this showed the callous

disregard they have for the lives of these creatures.

 

I had been with the guy, on lots of occasions, when

he would pull out the spray can whenever he saw any

sign of insects or weeds. When another neighbor's dog

had attempted to kill our cat, the woman made the

statement to me about dogs and cats.

 

RACCOONS: In the wintertime, IF the raccoons,

wandering through the yard, looked like they weren't

getting enough to eat, I would put some dog food out

for them. They were terrified of thosepeople's dog,

would avoid their property, (we have a fence around

three sides of ours), and would run away or climb

trees over any noise from their dog. Some stray cats

came around to eat some food, and even they chased the

raccoons away. The woman, next door, would come out to

the side fence line, sometimes, in the evening, and

clap her hands at them trying to scare them away. I

was outside, a lot of the time, and watched her do

this. The closest the raccoons were to that fence line

was probably 75 feet. Then, starting this last winter,

we began noticing the maimed raccoons. The closest,

so-called, wildlife rescue center, that we know of, is

about 30 miles away. My wife phoned them in regard to

the maiming of the raccoons. She was told that there

was no law preventing people from trapping and killing

the raccoons. When I saw the one with the broken

front leg, I phoned the same center and told them

about it, describing how it would just fall over and

roll, anytime it tried to run, and that it could not

climb, and could hardly even walk. They told me it

would do just fine, in the wild, with a broken leg. I

asked if I could take it there, if I could catch it.

She said, " no " , to try to find a vet here and take it

to the vet, if I found one that would take it. I went

to the local SPCA and asked them what kind of cages

they had. They said, " Oh, you want to catch some

raccoons? We don't have any cages here, but if you go

to Buckerfield's, they have the cages there. You can

rent one there and get rid of them. " I hadn'teven said

what I wanted the cage for. They didn't even offer any

guidelines - just rent the cage and get rid of them!

The young raccoon disappeared before I even had a

chance to catch it. In fact, they were disappearing at

a fairly rapid rate. It seemed too fast for just one

person to be involved. I asked the SPCA if people

could just trap them whenever they want and dump them

somewhere. They said yes. I emailed another rescue

center, on the mainland, mentioning the maiming and

taking of nursing females. They said it was legal for

them to be taken. I phoned the SPCA, again, and asked

what their views were on removing nursing mothers and

letting the babies starve to death. They said there

was no problem with that. I said, 'So, I can take the

nursing mothers anytime I want, and just let the

babies starve to death; there's no problem with that?'

She said that they were a nuisance animal, and that,

yes, I could do that.

 

I contacted the Ministry of Environment. While two

other offices had some concerns about it, I was

referred to the local branch, here. After finding out

that I could not stop them from being taken away, even

from their babies, I said that I wasn't objecting to

the removal, but to how they were being treated once

they had been captured. The 'conservation officer'

told me that, as far as he was concerned, people could

trap them and " take them out and kill them any way

they want! " Never once did he accept that it was a

feeling, living being, but rather just something to

discard if you didn't want it around, for whatever

reason.

 

I contacted the web site of the Humane Society.

There, I learned that there are no animal cruelty laws

in Canada. There was one that was suppose to be going

through Parliament, but when the Prime Minister called

the election, last autumn, the bill died there. It has

been re-introduced, but has only gone through first

reading. It has to go through three readings, which

are months apart. I downloaded the bill and printed

it, anyway, and posted it on a local bulletin board,

where this is happening. The raccoons have continued

to disappear. I have seen some in a cage, being taken

from their yard, in a blue pickup, and once using a

car. Our bedroom window overlooks their driveway. The

last incident that I witnessed from them, was with the

car. That was probably a few weeks to a month ago. But

they are still disappearing. I believe I know who else

has been doing this, but I cannot prove their

involvement. When I did ask the SPCA what would

happen if I tried to prove cruelty, they said it would

be my word against theirs.

 

I found some raw beef , left in our yard, that had

obviously been chewed on by a raccoon. I suspected

someone might have poisoned it. I put it in a plastic

bag and called the SPCA. I told them that I thought it

could be poisoned, and asked them what I could do to

find out, and would they be concerned if it was. They

said no, and to just phone a vet. The vet phoned a

lab, but they only test for strychnine and something

else. I thought it could have weed killer on it, but

the lab wouldn't test for that. The meat was in my

yard, so I cannot prove where it came from. One week

ago, in the morning, I watched as a young raccoon

walked cautiously over toward another neighbor's

property. Moments later, I heard a rifle shot. I

believe that there are several people involved in

this, but I cannot prove their collaboration. I do not

believe that several neighbors got the idea, at the

same time, and started doing all this at the same

time. I do not accept this as a coincidence, but the

law says they can do it. The local population has been

entirely eliminated. As I said in my first posting,

many of them had given birth already, and by now, all

of the babies have starved to death. But I have seen

new arrivals show up, and return like clockwork -

everyday at almost exactly the same time, for several

days, then I never see them again. I spent a lot of

time outside with the original population, and was

able to identify them. They were so friendly toward

me, and remarkably courteous to each other.

 

That is how I arrived at requesting help. No one

has cared. Everybody says it is legal that they trap

and remove them, even from the babies and let them

starve to death. I cannot say what their fate has been

with anyone else that has been doing this. Since I

can't prove the others' involvement in this, and since

everybody says it's ok, I didn't know where else to

turn. The people I have witnessed are very rich and

elderly, and they use their money and age as weapons.

Besides, the law allows it to happen.

 

I needed some kind of leverage, and thought that if

this area thought they may lose some tourism money

over this, maybe somebody in the business community

would put out a public plea for whomever was doing

this to stop, because they were hurting the community.

According to what I've been told, even though I have

witnessed and heard all these things, it is only my

word against theirs, and the law actually allows

people to do these things.

 

In any letters emailed to the addresses I originally

provided, I would write about the raccoons being taken

away, causing the babies to starve to death. I just

want to embarrass the ones, responsible for this, into

stopping, or maybe cause someone to put pressure on

the ones still doing this, to try to get them to stop.

 

I hope this isn't too long to be posted. Thank you,

again.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Thank you, again, for your response to my request to

help put pressure on the Ship's Point area, of the

Comox Valley, B.C., Canada, for targeting raccoons and

destroying the lives of these beautiful, friendly

animals. I know that I have not been much of a

participating member, other than to ask for your help

in trying to save any new mothers that arrive (since

the entire local population is gone), thereby, also,

helping to keep their babies alive. However, right

now, the issue is to try to continue to save some of

these raccoons, and that is all I'm concerned about

until something has been done. After that, I hope to

have better things to say.

 

Allow me to introduce you to this area. One local

newspaper chose not to participate in trying to help

these animals. They have kept silent about the whole

thing. Actually, considering who it was, I'm not

surprised. The other local newspaper, had a brief

article on page five. The next issue had slightly

more, and on page three. The last issue, it was put on

the front page. Thank you for helping that to happen.

 

I, PARTICULARLY, WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT WAS

PRINTED IN THE FRONT PAGE ARTICLE. Your emails have

certainly been noticed at the local chamber of

commerce. That is what I wanted. However, the

article says that the manager has replied to every

email she has received, to let them know that animal

abuse isn't reflective of the Comox Valley. That is

what she is paid to do - protect the interests of the

business community. However, if I had cut out all the

newspaper articles, telling of animals that were

mistreated, since I have lived here (nine years), I

could swamp you with them. I don't want to go into

details, right now, because it is unpleasant enough to

just remember them, and I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE FOCUS

OFF THE RACCOONS.

 

This is how it has turned out. One local woman (at

Ship's Point) has come forward to say that, " she

knows of at least two dogs that have been poisoned

and died. She believes both her dog and cat, who have

since died, were also poisoned. " " I don't have any

pets any more - except for a bunny - because I'm too

scared to, " **** said. " It's horrific. " (I don't have

her permission to use her name, so I won't quote it.

The above was taken directly from the news story.)

 

I'm glad that the above was brought out into the open,

and I believe it would not have been if this area

hadn't started to receive some publicity. I have

witnessed so many things here - even guys, when they

spot a cat near the side of the road, driving right

off the paved highway, onto grassed fields, trying to

run over the animal as it tries to outrun their

vehicle. (I've seen this several times, and Much, Much

more.) BUT, AT THIS PRESENT TIME, I WANT TO TRY TO

KEEP FOCUSED ON THE RACCOONS. They have been targeted

by some callous, self-serving people, and need all the

help they can get. That's why I resent the chamber of

commerce trying to sweep this under the rug by

emailing people and telling them it isn't happening

here, or that it isn't reflective of this area. A MUCH

BETTER SOLUTION WOULD BE FOR THEM TO PUBLICLY DEMAND

THAT THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS STOP,

IMMEDIATELY.

 

Welcome to the Comox Valley, where there hasn't been

one letter-to-the-editor, by anyone in this valley,

showing any concern for the welfare or lives of these

animals. No one has said anything in defense of these

raccoons. There have been plenty of letters by people

that have been upset that someone has exposed the

problem. So far, the only response has been to try to

silence the messenger, rather than to stop the abusive

practice.

 

I'm going to have to spend much more time, now, trying

to contact anyone I can think of and as many of the

contacts, as I can, that I have been given by members

of the group, to try to get enough pressure put on

this area, in the hopes that SOME other people in this

area will start calling for the targeting of these

raccoons to stop. I have been devoting all of my time

to trying to find a way to get the people, responsible

for this, charged with something or to just get it

stopped, but so far the laws are in their favor. I'm

trying to divide my time between my daily

responsibilities, trying to find another property to

move to (which means packing and looking at other

places), and trying to get something done to help the

raccoons. I remember the last holdout (less than a

year old) of the local population. It used to meet its

sibling in our yard absolutely every night, and they

would wrestle for hours. They'd be ten feet from our

window. The last evening it was here, it showed up

right on time, looking for its sibling as it did every

night (its sibling had been gone for a month by that

time). I watched as it caught scent of the raw fish

the neighbors put out to bait it to their property. I

watched as I saw it leave the yard, going over to

their place, knowing that I would never see it again,

and not knowing what I could do to stop it. And I

never did see it again.

 

This is not a legal issue, because the laws, here,

seem to give them the right to do what they are doing.

This is a humane issue, and any emails you can

continue to send will greatly help. Telling anyone

else, that you can, about it and asking them to email,

will also be a great help. Please spend the few

minutes it takes to type and send an email to the

addresses below. Please continue to express your

feelings about the targeting of these raccoons and

please state that you will not visit this area as a

result and that you will continue to tell other

people. Thank you very much for your help.

 

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