Mating Season for raccoons. Pray, one is not privy to a pair procreating on a single tree branch at 3:00 AM!
The noise would rival, "Hazel Court" whose voice is still used for screams in horror movies. Raccoons have destroyed at least $2000 worth of my home property since before 2000, notwithstanding the cost to have then removed. They screech, howl, growl, chuckle, chortle, spit, titter and even seem to speak every night outside my bedroom window. Their gangs party in my yard. That does not include their "posse" with whom they travel. I have had mothers and kids walking through my garden, usually around July 4th and have had the misfortune of having a kid get stuck in the fence. I had to call my exterminator the next day to pry him out. True. Seriously, Raccoons, although cute, are very dangerous. They WILL attack people. They can kill cats and large dogs. In fact, the Southern Sporting Dog "Black and Tan Coonhound" was bred specifically to tree raccoons so as the hunter should shoot them and NOT to chase or confront them. They are some of the most dangerous mammals we have in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania because they are the largest carriers of rabies, as Gerardo stated. They must be destroyed whenever they are captured by Animal Control This neighborhood loves their animals, particularly dogs and cats. Allowing the raccoon population to flourish is dangerous to pets who go out and children who might approach them. Sorry. On 3/30/09 6:30 PM, "Anthony West" <[email protected]> wrote: > It is intuitively persuasive, because in the country, raccoons are > habitués of small waterways. And that's what sewers are. Mill Creek > shall never die!. > > Still, it's hard to imagine raccoons trekking all the way down the Big > Muddy from Bala Cynwyd underground. They are nocturnal critters, but not > cave-dwellers (except for the blind albino cave raccoons of Central > Kentucky, of course.) > > -- Tony West > >> As a young man, when I would deliver newspapers in the very early >> morning I would occasionally see them crawl into the sewers. It was >> always really creepy, as they would flatten themselves and crawl in; >> it looked very unnatural, but I guess not. >> >> John > > > ---- > You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the > list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see > <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
