I did a trap and release on a raccoon (pic added)

[JohnnyRingo]

80. I understand what you're saying...

But until you hear the screams of a squirrel getting shredded alive you can't understand the nature of a raccoon. They howl like a baby as they get torn to pieces.

When I had to take my cat to a vet some years ago from a raccoon attack my vet told me that they don't eat cats. They see them as competition for food and attack out of malice. It especially happens when one feeds their cat outdoors.

I had a rare stray cat I was feeding last summer drop by one day completely scalped and limping badly. He healed eventually but disappeared suddenly. Though I know he lived where raccoons nested I made sure the murderers frequenting my yard didn't do it. I put up with the cries from the treetops for a while, but the attack on that poor cat was a final straw.

I refuse to hunt because killing anything haunts me to no end, but I'll never feel a pang for eliminating a coon living too close to civilization.