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Man, 88, accused of setting raccoon on fire for eating his mangos
Click Orlando ^ | August 17, 2018 | James Sparvero

Posted on 08/20/2018 7:05:14 AM PDT by Gamecock

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To: MayflowerMadam
A*hole. There’s a better and more humane way to eliminate raccoons; we’ve used it. Or trap the sucker and move it elsewhere — far, far away.

At least in Ohio it is illegal to move a nuisance animal.

Once you have trapped an animal it is your responsibility to dispose of it properly.

21 posted on 08/20/2018 7:24:49 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Gamecock

22 posted on 08/20/2018 7:27:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: bethelgrad

I hadn’t either until today, thanks!

Living inside the city limits, but still visited by raccoons, I could probably only get away with that on 7/4 or late on 12/31.


23 posted on 08/20/2018 7:27:46 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: Vigilanteman

“Not guilty! And I’ll buy that man another can of gasoline.”

Why would anyone advocate, or in your case, celebrate the torture of an animal? (Yes, there are raccoons where I live.) Your post reeks of evil. I don’t know you or perhaps I would express myself in greater detail. Perhaps you are just trying to be clever or funny. If so, you have failed miserably. This is the cruellest post I have ever read on FR. Go back to DU where you belong.


24 posted on 08/20/2018 7:28:05 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Daffynition

“Where’s my saprize?”

Critter control. Talk about doing it wrong.

88 YO. By now he should have learned to share!


25 posted on 08/20/2018 7:29:07 AM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn(ed!) the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Ya got me bustin a gut here. Damn you Clyde.


26 posted on 08/20/2018 7:31:35 AM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: Gamecock
Too horrible for words. Anyone who would do this to an innocent animal is capable of anything. The racoon was just doing what racoons are hardwired to do. All he had to do was call animal control, or trap him and turn him loose in the nearest woods.

Most of your horrendous murderers have a past history of being cruel to animals.

27 posted on 08/20/2018 7:34:27 AM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan-(girl type) SEE MY TEXAS BIO PAGE)
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To: Gamecock

This sounds like a line from a Jimmy Buffett song.


28 posted on 08/20/2018 7:36:20 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: Sacajaweau

I don’t have any issue trapping and killing a raccoon, but if you honestly see nothing wrong with burning any animal alive, other than to directly save a human life, then you probably should consider professional help.

Or better yet go to a burn unit and talk to someone who has suffered third degree burns.

Read the article. This animal was doused in gasoline and set on fire a neighbor noticed called the cops and when the cops came lord knows how much time later shot the animal to put it out of its misery...

This was NOT a quick death, it was a very cruel one. I don’t believe the mans intentions were to be cruel, but it clearly was.


29 posted on 08/20/2018 7:37:26 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: treetopsandroofs

He doesn’t realise that if they had opposable thumbs chickens would kill you in a millisecond.


30 posted on 08/20/2018 7:37:30 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: patriot08

Or, those were unusually good Mangos.

Raccoons can be cute and cuddly when they have’nt become complete total and utter pests. Here in the Seattle/Tacoma area they’ve become the latter.

He should have just shot the thing dead. Putting it on fire was perhaps a bit over the top...


31 posted on 08/20/2018 7:39:57 AM PDT by Professional
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To: cuban leaf

He raises chickens and won’t even eat the eggs.
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If he doesn’t eat the eggs or the chickens, does he just raise them because he likes having chickens as pets?


32 posted on 08/20/2018 7:40:22 AM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: Gamecock

Creatures are full of spite. There are lots of things that many animals, humans included, do that is .. well.. in-humane.

Both the burning and the drowning, as well as the .22 to the head are all a bit much for just messing with your trash.

I’ve been harassed lately by a black bear. I carry a gun incase it wants to eat me - or maybe even sample a bit of my meat before making a decision - but I’m not shooting it because I had to clean up garbage.

As humans being at the top of the food chain, we all need to consider our position a bit better before firing up the flame thrower.

Of which I also have and use. You know, wasp nests.


33 posted on 08/20/2018 7:40:35 AM PDT by Celerity
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To: treetopsandroofs

Put a Pepsi bottle over the barrel. Poke holes in the bottle with a pencil


34 posted on 08/20/2018 7:44:38 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Vigilanteman

My son worked at a Christian camp the past two summers. Last year, they were overrun by skunks.

He posted a video one day singing “hi ho, hi ho, skunk drowning we will go” as they dropped the trap into the lake

They must have gotten them all because there were none around camp this year.


35 posted on 08/20/2018 7:45:11 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: Gamecock

While our original U.S. culture doesn’t condone animal worship, it doesn’t condone cruelty to animals, either. There are more humane methods for getting rid of varmints. Intentionally burning them to death is certainly an activity that is foreign to us.


36 posted on 08/20/2018 7:46:03 AM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." - -Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: Gamecock

Straightforward animal cruelty. The only question is whether he’s mentally competent.


37 posted on 08/20/2018 7:51:24 AM PDT by sphinx
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To: patriot08

I don’t go that far... I doubt the man honestly thought how cruel this death would be. Probably thought, I need to kill it what do I have? Ah gasoline that will work and it it dies quickly.

I really don’t think the guy was trying to be cruel, just ignorant of the realities.


38 posted on 08/20/2018 7:53:17 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Gamecock

I am not sure whether to laugh or cry. This old man was trying to rid himself of a pest. Had he “shot” the varmint, he could have been brought up on weapons discharge charges. Burning it alive? Well, wow. He didn’t consider fashioning a spear? Aw, Jeez, man. If he was trying to send a message to the thieving raccoon community, mission accomplished. This guy is now a raccoon terrorist. His mangoes should be safe for a while.

Incidentally, Raccoons are pretty vicious creatures when trapped or cornered.


39 posted on 08/20/2018 8:12:00 AM PDT by Tenacious 1
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To: HamiltonJay
Of course it was awful....so was the fear this man held...balance it.

You said it yourself....it was not his intention to be cruel.

40 posted on 08/20/2018 8:19:51 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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