Woman surrounded by 100 hungry raccoons!!! Phones for help.

[Debp]

This wasn't really funny but it made me chuckle.    This is why you don't feed the raccoons for 35 years!

@missmuffet @ladypeartree

[missmuffet]

I saw that on the news I live where there are a lot of wild animals. I have learned that you never feed them. Also you don't leave food out of any kind. That will also invite the bears.

Edited October 10, 2024 by missmuffet

[Debp]

3 minutes ago, missmuffet said:

I saw that on the news I live where there are a lot of wild animals. I have learned that you never feed them. Also you don't leave food out of any kind. That will also invite the bears.

I saw a story where an elderly lady always fed the bears.   They would come up on her cabin porch, too.

She used a walker and one time the bear ended up killing her.   Probably not the intent but she was frail and I think she fell.

 

[missmuffet]

Just now, Debp said:

I saw a story where an elderly lady always fed the bears.   They would come up on her cabin porch, too.

She used a walker and one time the bear ended up killing her.   Probably not the intent but she was frail and I think she fell.

 

That is not a good idea. When I was a kid and on our way the the beach with my family, we used to stop at this cafe that had a bear in a cage in the back of the cafe. People would give it beer. They thought it was funny. The bear actually became an alcoholic..

[Debp]

1 hour ago, missmuffet said:

That is not a good idea. When I was a kid and on our way the the beach with my family, we used to stop at this cafe that had a bear in a cage in the back of the cafe. People would give it beer. They thought it was funny. The bear actually became an alcoholic..

Oh, that is so awful.   Just being in a cage is horrible enough.   Some people have no feelings.... terrible.

[missmuffet]

1 minute ago, Debp said:

Oh, that is so awful.   Just being in a cage is horrible enough.   Some people have no feelings.... terrible.

Yes, it is.

[ladypeartree]

glad we dont have so many  animals loose in the UK  seagulls can be vicious enough as can squirrels etc but so far bears , raccoons  wolves etc are not here ( but could be soon if rewilders have their way ) 

[Vine Abider]

If you feed them, they will come!  When in Old Towne Colorado Springs recently, we stayed at a B&B near their quant downtown area.  The owner said a very similar thing about the rampant homeless population there.  She said the city has done all sorts of things to help people get off the street over the years, and in the process they feed, shelter them and provide various services to them.  She said the result has been the attraction of more and more homeless, and few leave.

Another guest who was staying there, a California folk-rock musician, said the same thing was happening in his town. I was a little surprised when he said flatly, "If you do this for people the lesson is clear, it removes any incentive for them to help themselves, and for most it just makes the situation worse."  

[enoob57]

28 minutes ago, Vine Abider said:

If you feed them, they will come!  When in Old Towne Colorado Springs recently, we stayed at a B&B near their quant downtown area.  The owner said a very similar thing about the rampant homeless population there.  She said the city has done all sorts of things to help people get off the street over the years, and in the process they feed, shelter them and provide various services to them.  She said the result has been the attraction of more and more homeless, and few leave.

Another guest who was staying there, a California folk-rock musician, said the same thing was happening in his town. I was a little surprised when he said flatly, "If you do this for people the lesson is clear, it removes any incentive for them to help themselves, and for most it just makes the situation worse."  

God told us didn't He...

2 Thessalonians 3:10 (KJV)

[10] For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

[11] For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

[12] Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

Guess the same applies to animals 

[other one]

9 hours ago, ladypeartree said:

glad we dont have so many  animals loose in the UK  seagulls can be vicious enough as can squirrels etc but so far bears , raccoons  wolves etc are not here ( but could be soon if rewilders have their way ) 

Our big old Himalayan cat decided he wanted to be an outside cat we granted his wishes.  We fed him outside and many days when we would start out the kitchen door there would be a family of skunks eating with him.  We just postponed our exit for a few minutes and they didn't bother anything.  Suki didn't seem to be bothered with them at all.  They didn't play together.

I have exited the door within three feet of the feeding family and they would just stop and look at me to see what I was going to do.  Stepped back into the door and they finished and went their way.    This happened off and on for a couple of years.  They are quite pretty and the little ones are really cute.   Never once sprayed even though I would exit the door.