Psycho Killer Raccoons Terrorize Olympia — These miserable animals are all over the state of California too. Many local dummies think they are “cute.”
A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say.
Some have taken to carrying pepper spray to ward off the masked marauders and the woman who was bitten now carries an iron pipe when she goes outside at night.
“It’s a new breed,” said Tamara Keeton, who with Kari Hall started a raccoon watch after an emotional neighborhood meeting drew 40 people. “They’re urban raccoons, and they’re not afraid.”
Tony Benjamins, whose family lost two cats, said he got a big dog — a German Shepherd-Rottweiler mix — to keep the raccoons away.
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Evidently these people don’t know what a raccoon can do to a dog. Those cute little creatures are stronger than they look. Under the right circumstances a raccoon can kill even a large dog. I can guarantee that even a Rottweiler will come away from a raccoon encounter the worse for wear.
I think I saw these racoons hanging out outside the 7-11 listening to devil music.
Let me know if the raccoons start smoking blunts.
My Grandfathers passion was raccoon hunting. Personally I never saw the thrill of chasing after a pack of dogs in a swamp on a freezing night was any fun. The weak flashlights and the unexpected ditch full of water was a bonus. A whole baked raccoon on the table was a lovely sight also. As you can guess I’m not much of a sportsman.
Guess these raccoons are too smart to trap and release in the wild. So maybe the neighbors just needs to hang Davey Crockett caps on their front doors like Christmas wreaths. Smart raccoons gang members should get the point. Oh, and BTW, do the trap and release thing before they reproduce their way to gang size numbers (and little smart raccoon graffiti starts showing up on your trash cans). No wonder we are having trouble in Iraq, we can’t even handle insurgent urban raccoons.
This should be filed in the “no shit” category.
Wild animals will encroach on urban areas when they are pressed for food. Raccoons are nothing — try chasing a wolverine or a bear out of your back yard.
Speaking as a practical, environment-loving liberal, I recommend the following solution: shoot ‘em.
These are obviously drug crazed, mask wearing, insurgent terrorists who need to be strip searched and forced to relinguish their liquids, gels, screwdrivers, laptops, cell phones and garage door openers.
The article states that the ringleader is a ‘big one’. All big ones should be criminalized and banned. How did they get passports? Will the new RFID passports stop this new form of terror? Do they have their shots? How could the border patrol let this happen? Do the cat people know of this new terror threat. Were do the children fit in? We need a new study.
Oh the humanity.
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Speaking as someone who lives in an area with lots of racoons,
the solution is very simple:
Put a lid with a strap on your trash cans and dont leave your animals OR their food outside at night, as racoons are nocturnal.
No food source – no racoons.
Racoons on a Plane!!!!!!!!
Solution: Leave the cats and the food out as bait. Await quietly with shotgun at the ready. Shoot the bandits when they come a calling!
You don’t need a gun to kill a raccoon. Use a dead fall instead. Just set it like a mouse trap and go watch TV.
If you can catch one … D’ems good eatin!
TFA: “They are in command up there,”
They. Are. Just. Racoons.
AnimalPlanet recently had show about similarly crafty/annoying racoons in NY area. Particularly poster #9 would benefit looking at it. These have learned to live in urban areas, they brake open strong locked boxes (nevermind strap on your garbage can), cut holes in the roofs and not only avoid but (on film) disable traps and “scare-off” technology of various kinds. They are simply clever and crafty and have learned how to live arround us. It is Nature at its best.
As for me, I keep my Alaskan Malamute in the yard and she hunts them happily and sucessfuly. Be aware though that your typical home-pet dog, even if big and of hunting breed likely have lost the crucial hunting instincts and could thus get gravely injured when confronted by determined racoon.
I see a lot of them at night in my midwestern city. They seem to hide out in the storm sewers. I like to see them, and any other wildlife than has managed to live in the urban sprawl. Still, sometimes ya gotta kill ‘em.
10 cats! Nice work raccoons!
Don’t suppose I could get a 6-pack of those little devils for our neighborhood?
Well, I’m belying my environmental bent and going with the “kill ‘em” crowd. Forget the trap and release crap. That is only moving a problem to another area. Trap and euthanize. Or, instead of euthanasia, try tying them to a tree and let certain country singers shoot them in the wild.
If they are in the wild leave them alone. When they become urbanized, then they don’t fit.
Call the Nuge – he’d know what to do! And quietly, too!
My grandparents house in NY has two packs of them. A family of 4 and another of 5. We actualy feed them because they are cute. Feeding them marhmellows raises it to adorable.