These traps are great for holding the target in one place.
“relocating” wild animals is just a slow death. Very inhumane.
And I really want some cat food eating , aggressive raccoon let loose in my woods.
Nothing worse than a wildlife “friendly” suburbanite.
“Relocating” wild animals is just a slow death. Very inhumane.”
So many people do not realize that fact. The animal is not familiar with the terrain, and the location of water and food. There is usually a “big boss” of their species in the area in which they are dropped off and that boss will let them know they aren’t welcome. So, they usually end up injured by the boss of the area, have no established den in which to hide, and have no knowledge as to where to go for food and water. Soon they become weak and diseased and die a slow death, unless some hunter or rural “woods-walker” comes up on them and puts them out of their misery.
The same goes for domestic animals. Hubby and I (well, mainly him) have had to put several such domestic animals out of their misery when they were dropped off to go “free” when their college student owners had finished school and thought the animal would be taken in by a farm house nearby. Or sometimes it is by adult children who don’t want to take in their deceased relative’s pet. We have also saved a few of them and either kept them or found them new homes, but for the most part it is too late to save the animal by the time they are noticed. Many people are decent enough (/s) to leave their food dish with them when they drop them off on the rural dirt roads as if it will be automatically filled by the “pet food” fairy.