Advice: trapped raccoon

[Guest guest]

Either call or take the raccoon to the local humane society or animal shelter. In SF, it would be the city's Animal Care and Control. They may euthanize the raccoon, but it would be done humanely. I love raccoons, but something needs to be done asap to end the poor animal's suffering. It must be terrified.

 

Suzy

[Guest guest]

I have caught several raccoons in harm-free cages as part of my job as apartment manager.

 

I set them free in local (regional) parks or greenbelt areas.

Racoons are de facto indigenous critters here in the Bay Area. Probably more of them live in residential than in forested areas.

 

Municipalities typically consider them a pest, so the Animal Control units will kill them.

 

What is legal or not?

Gandhi, Rev Martin Luther King Jr, etc, have shown by example that moral obligation preempts social convention: "Do no harm" (ahimsa) is the highest law. It is the First Precept in Buddhism and its converse is also the First Commandment in Judeo-Christian ethics ("Thou shalt not kill.").

 

Feel free to contact you local municipality or humane society if you

think they can help. I don't think they will share your sense of

compassion.Sri

--- On Fri, 2/5/10, Ajay S <ajayboots wrote:Ajay S <ajayboots Advice: trapped raccoon"SFBAVEG list" Friday, February 5, 2010, 1:07 PM

 

 

On an internal mailing list at work, there's an active discussion going

on about a raccoon that was trapped by a person, for it was destroying

his garden. SETTING ASIDE the issues about why it was trapped in the

first place, I'm seeking advice from people about what to do about the

raccoon.

 

My suggestion was to take the raccoon and set him free in a nearby

public park. But some people are claiming that doing so is illegal

under California law. I don't think so, but I have to convince the

trapper that his best (and legal) recourse is to set the poor thing

free. The other option (that is being suggested) is to kill it, which

I would like to avoid.

 

So: does anyone have some experience in this situation?

Time is of the essence, because the poor thing will probably die from

stress if nothing is done soon.

 

Ajay

[Guest guest]

Good news everyone. The person who had trapped the raccoon sent

this today:

I tagged it 'Purple'. Gave it some cat food cookies along

with a stern talk, then let it go in my yard.

 

It actually took awhile before it leaves the warm and comfort

and the cage and goes back to wherever it came from.

 

 

The massive outpouring of support for the little guy led to his

freedom.

 

Ajay

 

 

On 02/06/2010 11:43 AM, Tammy wrote:

> Ajay, did this have a good resolution for the raccoon?

>

> tammy