Deputy Sheriff The Viking Programmer

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Just a reminder to never feed wild critters. Food education only leads in someone else having to kill them later down the road. Food educated racoons are more likely to infest your (or someone else's) house, harass passerbys including children, and bring more racoons in your area, disrupting the carrying capacity equilibrium across a much larger area of land than you'd think. And it is not ethical to trap and relocate, because the animals will not be in their home range, and thus spend the rest of their now short lives trying to find their way home. They will die from either predation, starvation, thirst, or the elements. No matter how simple, whether it's feeding squirrels or racoons, just don't. The only time this is acceptable is passive feeding such as bird feeders, or if you're a hunter, leaving carrion such as organs in the field so the nutrients recycle back into the ecosystem they came from

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Video shows nearly 100 raccoons swarm woman's yard, prompting 911 call in Washington

The raccoons often approach the home and scratch on windows and walls, but last week she called 911 when she said they trapped her on the property.

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https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/nation/2024/10/08/raccoons-swarm-washington-home-video/75570742007

Just a reminder to never feed wild critters. Food education only leads in someone else having to kill them later down the road. Food educated racoons are more likely to infest your (or someone else's) house, harass passerbys including children, and bring more racoons in your area, disrupting the carrying capacity equilibrium across a much larger area of land than you'd think. And it is not ethical to trap and relocate, because the animals will not be in their home range, and thus spend the rest of their now short lives trying to find their way home. They will die from either predation, starvation, thirst, or the elements. No matter how simple, whether it's feeding squirrels or racoons, just don't. The only time this is acceptable is passive feeding such as bird feeders, or if you're a hunter, leaving carrion such as organs in the field so the nutrients recycle back into the ecosystem they came from

BY Deputy Sheriff The Viking Programmer