Had another one stuck in there?
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highlander
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- Newfoundland
Don't want them either. Besides being a nuisance, they are serious carriers of rabies also.
Darn coons keep moving west, and they like the cities. Winnipeg is infested with them and they love to nest in the attics where its warm.
On a MILSURP note my late uncle shot one in his attic with a S&W Pre Victory revolver that he had carried through WW2 in NW Europe.
On a MILSURP note my late uncle shot one in his attic with a S&W Pre Victory revolver that he had carried through WW2 in NW Europe.
I didn't know Raccoons aren't indigenous to parts down east? While they are known to carry rabies it isn't as big a deal as you may think. Suburban and Urban raccoons may run a higher risk due to population density, so Ministry officials will drop a vaccine from the air. The rabies vaccine (this is just brilliant imho) is delivered into the raccoons through ingestion. It is mixed in to a food/treat wax package, and like I say thousands are dropped from the air. The 'Coons' find them, eat them, and become inoculated. Whether this will cause a 'Super-Rabies' strain remains undetermined, but it wouldn't surprise me.
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What is the 'down east' suburban scavenger of garbage and waste (food scraps)?
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What is the 'down east' suburban scavenger of garbage and waste (food scraps)?
highlander
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Newfoundland
The island of Newfoundland doesn't have a number of animals that the rest of Canada does.
Raccoons, porcupines, skunks, possums, deer, turtles, toads, snakes, and squirrels are not native to Nfld; although there is the odd siting of garter snakes, toads and turtles, usually on the west coast. Red squirrels and chipmunks are getting common here now. Coyotes are also pretty common here now as well.
A couple of raccoons have been spotted here, having come in with shipments of goods from Canada, but they have been captured by Conservation Officers, as least so far as we know.
Raccoons, porcupines, skunks, possums, deer, turtles, toads, snakes, and squirrels are not native to Nfld; although there is the odd siting of garter snakes, toads and turtles, usually on the west coast. Red squirrels and chipmunks are getting common here now. Coyotes are also pretty common here now as well.
A couple of raccoons have been spotted here, having come in with shipments of goods from Canada, but they have been captured by Conservation Officers, as least so far as we know.
I'd bet money that some of your folk have brought them back as pets. They tame down quite well, but are little pests with their busy little hands into everything. I knew a woman who kept one as a pet and it would follow her down the street like a puppy. I dunno about potty training them. They produce pretty big turds for a little critter.
Yeah, raccoons are cute...when seen looking down the barrel. They are nothing but a filthy pest out here in SK. They love those big grain bags. So do ravens love them. Raccoons are in the same category as skunks where I live. 
No different than most anything else in the animal kingdom, your either ####able or edible, and if you aren't your in my way of doing those and gotta go.
