Yeesh thats stupid! Shouldnt the exterminators have been responsible for
makign sure that law wasnt violated anyway? Common homeowner wouldnt know
bout it necissarily but the exterminators should and they were hired to take
care of the situation.
i can understand a concern for water- but one can easily remedy that! Wheni
use traps here (for catching a pet that escaped and is not tame enough to
catch usually
0 I just attatch a water bottle or side latchign water dish to the cage.
Then If Im out I know that if the animal is caught it wont got hungry or
thirsty.
ag
>From: Pamela Congersky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: a gangi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: animal cruelty laws (may be violent)
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 09:57:34 -0500
>
>**** There was a acase in
>I THINK it
>was NY or NJ? It was soemthignout that way and i read this a
>logn time ago
>so forgive me.... but it was where a guy beat a rat to death in
>his yard and
>was taken to court over it. The case was thrown out because
>the idea was a
>man should be able to use whatever means desired to rid ones property of
>vermin.
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>That may or may not have happened in NJ, I don't recall the case. But what
>I will tell you is that things are definitely different here now. A case
>that comes to mind is the following:
>
>A homeowner ran into a problem with squirrels nesting in her attic. She
>did
>not want to harm the squirrels, but they were destroying her insulation.
>She decided to contract a service that uses "hav-a-hart" (humane traps) to
>capture and relocate the squirrels. The service contract was for a
>technician to come and place the traps and then return daily to check them
>and relocate any "prisoners". Day 2 of the traps being out yielded one
>capture. The squirrel must have been captured after the woman went to work
>but before she got home. When she arrived home and saw the squirrel, she
>called for the service to come get the little guy. Needless to say that
>one
>of her neighbors called the police and reported her for animal cruelty.
>Regardless of the woman's intentions, she was fined $2000.00 and found
>guilty of animal cruelty. It seems that our fine state has enacted a law
>that makes it almost impossible to humanely relocate animals. The law
>states that the animal must be removed from the trap within an hour of
>capture. Lovely thought, but not very realistic as most people cannot sit
>at home all day and wait for an animal to get caught. Yet, it is perfectly
>legal for someone to hire an exterminator to come and "dispose" of the
>creature using methods such as poison gas, lethal injection, or actual gun
>if necessary. Go figure!
> Pamela (wondering how the politicians keep getting elected year
>after year)
>
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