GoddessImaginos
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Joined: 8/5/2009 From: A small blue planet near Alpha Centauri Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: DesFIP Raccoons get and transmit rabies easier than any other wild animal I know of. The prevalance of the disease in raccoons is very high. You really want to subject Mr Smartie, Lumus and yourself to a series of shots in the stomach? Don't do it. *I Agree With This Post* My Husband and I are wildlife damage control and rehab agents for the states of North and South Carolina, so while I don't know everything there is to know, I feel that I am fully qualified to not only agree with the two previous posts but to encourage you to NOT try to capture and make pets of them, as well as to please stop setting food out. Yes, they're very cute, and fun to watch, but that's where it needs to stop, for the animals' sake as well as yours. More so than any other species on Earth, even rats or cats or dogs or foxes, racoons are the single largest rabies vector. Moreover, offering food isn't really doing them any favors; the little bandits are in fact very adept at finding their own vittles, and if you make them think that all humans are nice and will feed us, they lose the natural fear that should be keeping them off in the woods where they belong. Trust Me on this, ok?
< Message edited by GoddessImaginos -- 8/26/2009 8:04:21 AM >
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