poor thing... :( it would have been better to put it out of its misery... i remember my boyfriend had to put a mongoose out of its misery...i hate that memory DX
That coon is having seizures from Distemper. It is a viral disease that humans can not contract and the number one killer of raccoons. Dogs should always be vaccinated for distemper because they can contract it if they are not vaccinated.
OK, the animal is obviously DYING why didnt you call the police or Animal Control so they could shoot him and put it out of its misery? Also, whatever disease it has, rabies or distemper are both very contagious. dragging him around like that and leaving him to suffer in the woods just gives more room for him to spread the disease.
DISTEMPER! Not Rabies. Put out of it's misery! Dragging it around by the catch-pole undoubtly spread it around. Unless you bleached your catch pole, it's contaminated too and so is the place where you store it. You spread it around on your shoes too. Leaving it in the woods to die, is spreading it, by exposing it to other animals. Would have been humane to shoot it or have animal control come and kill it. Poor guy. Miserable death. Immediate area, and shoes should have been bleached.
@apprec8ive what was wrong with the comment? Trying to inform the videographer and anyone else reading this thread, on spreading distemper. FYI: distemper is also spread airborne (like a cold) so having the dog near it, not a good idea. Some info on rabies (not releated to video)....once the saliva hits the ground and dries, the virus is dead, so it does not exist in the enviroment and cannot contaminate an area. It cannot be spread except by blood/saliva transmission from infected animal.
it was in the final stages of rabies for people who don't know and in the first palce why bring your dog anywhere near it? if you read the comments of other videos with rabid animals attacking pets you'll notice hair brained idiots posting stuff like "why isnt it vaccinated? is it vaccinated?" so why risk having people bag on you about your dog being around it?
That's distemper you dumb fuck. I like how you tell your dog to get back, but then you walk towards the raccoon. You could have at least shot it or called animal control to put it down. Probably strangled that poor animal carrying it off. Stupid people.
Rabies is usually biting at the site of the wound, .. lots of biting and chewing in general and solitude . He probably has a Tumor in his brain, Stroke, or just Distemper
Yellowman88, you are right on!! That most definitely is distemper. Have seen this a lot here in Ohio. I wish the anti hunters would realize that a hunters bullet is more humane.
Nature will thin any species out if they are not regulated. Good eye!!
but one cannot assume it was hit by a car.. Rabies is a serious serious thing. ANd even in winter can be a problem which means its a bad strain. Most of the time its a spring thing.
You never approach one like this man in the video, you keep an eye on it whilst someone gets a gun. That animal can knock you down. I have seen a woman get knocked down 2 years in a row from a rabid coon. He could have gotten up and chewed you up.
NOOO, the proper thing to do, is shoot it in the heart, call the animal control to take it to be tested and be removed from nature.. Whatever ate on its corpse, now will harbor the disease, or could. In the old days, the people would have burned the carcass in a wood pile so that no other animal could be infected. It was not right to allow it to suffer further, nor safe or the proper way to handle this by simply moving it. Call animal control, they will tell you.
However, but just taking it to a tree line and dropping it off to die by itself is actually the WORST thing you can do. Now, when a coyote or other predator goes and has a free lunch, guess what happens? Now you have a Coyote on the loose with RABIES! The best thing to do is drop it in a bucket of water, drown it and then bury it deep!
:C Poor coon. It was definitely diseased and you handled it right, but considering how clean it looked, it probably was distemper and not rabies. I love raccoons, so I wish people would do away with the 'rabies stigma' they have, as they don't actually contract rabies all that often. Their number one cause of natural death is distemper. Rabies tends to show with foaming, and therefore wet and matted fur.
For one thing, Rabies in not something you play with.. ONLY 1 person has ever lived thru it.. EVER! Not every case is rabies, and not every rabies case is the same in every coon. Some come crying like babies, some will knock you down and tear you apart. I live in the country and my neighbor had to have shots 2 years in a row cause a coon had attacked her that had rabies. BOTH YEARS. SHe was twice my size and they knocked her down an were eatin her up!!
@MizARAZI and NO they did not handle this right.. They should have put it in a container that wouldnt allow anything in at it, and gave it to the Department of Health and environmental services to test. They actually REQUIRE this of any nocternal animal that is deseased or appear to be. They have to keep records of where any report of rabies is to warn the citizens near there.
@MizARAZI How is that relevant at all to what I said? I know what rabies is, I know its dangerous, and I know coons with rabies are dangerous. Thats all completely irrelevant to my point. I was saying that THIS particular case looks like distemper, and that coons get distemper WAY more often than they get rabies, so in general, a diseased raccoon is statistically more likely to be sick with distemper rather than rabies.
seizure--it's either rabid or has distemper. My moneys on rabies b/c you live in Illionis where the raccoon is the main vector for the virus, down in south, it's the coyote. What's so dangerous is that distemper and rabies are very hard to tell apart. Something u should ask your vet about and get a straight answer so the rest of us will know what to look for when we see that sort of thing going on. Yes, in either case, it must be killed & tested soon. I would've shot it, tho
@TheShannonMontana That tool he used to pick up the raccoon is the same tool animal control people use to capture dogs and cats. It doesn't strangle them, but it is very frightening for them.
@TheShannonMontana No, it's not. They are a Humane Society approved method of handling dangerous and/or wild animals or in situations where the safety of humans is in danger. In this case, the father was at risk of contracting rabies if he'd have touched the raccoon.
took it up to the treeline where it could die and not spread disease? forgive me but why is 50 yards going to protect society. especially since other animals will now eat it's corpse.
something diseased like that my aproach would be shovel to snap the neck putting it out of it's misery and burn the corpse.
Okay, I know to most this might seem like a stupid question, but if another animal ate this rabid animal, could the rabies transmit to the healthy animal?
I appreciate the comments and everyone's view points on the topic but the reality is my father is trained in handling animals this way and has done this procedure before. The animal could have been a threat to the society and needed to be delt with. Many children play on the block of town and several more people walk their pets like myself.
@TFBDownOnTheFarm I respect that your Dad knows what he's doing but I still wish ya'll would have had either someone come out and take it to euth it or if possible put it down yourselves. That's just my opinion I don't believe in allowing animals to suffer if I can help it, I'll go as far as putting them down myself if there's no longer any hope for them.
@TFBDownOnTheFarm We just had a rabid in our bay yard; it was walking around puking. I offered to kill it; father said no..I feel I shoulda it was deff rapid.
@TFBDownOnTheFarm Your father certainly knows how to handle a catch pole but, if rabid (and it certainly displays some of the symptoms), the raccoon should have been dispatched. By relocating it alive, it puts other animals at risk of being bitten (coyotes, fox, etc., that might have thought it an easy meal), which would perpetuate the risk to humans in the area.
Understand I'm not criticizing, just pointing out that the danger wasn't eliminated by leaving the animal alive.
@79Testo im not hating on anyone im saying. kill children not innocent animals this one of corse is rabid and should be put down but normal ones shouldnt be hated on i love raccoons bratty spiled ass children with thier ipod bullshit are to fucking common and most should be put down if we wernt on the top of the food chain whoever is ontop would shoot us into place cus there are way to many of us anyways
@AnimeGirl5445 wtf? With a P.O.V like that, I'm suprised you haven't wound up in jail already. Grow up. Yeah, people get spoiled more than they should, but they don't have to get killed for it. That's a VERY stupid statement. The racoon was sick, and was dying anyway. It couldn't be treated so theres no stupid reason to be lashing. Fucking calm down, pull the stick outta your ass, and grow up a few years. THEN rethink this crap.
You did the right thing by scooping it up. But if I were you, I would call the City animal folks to tell them and give them the animal. Just for protection from Anti's.
The best way to dispose of a rabid coon. Make sure you dont beat it to death or shoot it, because that will cause blood splatter and another animal could come in contact with it. The best way would be to throw the coon in a fire and burn it up, or just burry it.
@majorghn Just because he uses a catch pole on a dying rabid ratcoon (SO HE DOESN'T CATCH THE DISEASE HIMSELF) does not mean he would use it on a human being.
Geesh, where do you PETA stormtroopers get your thinking from?
@majorghn you clearly dont understand what happens when you fuck a rabid animal's day up. when the animal is like this, the brain is already dead. you need to do anything and everything in your power 1. to be safe, 2. to make sure it is dead, 3. call animal safety right away
does your dad work for animal control? why does he have an animal noose?..rather than film and have your dog aggravate the animal you should have called animal control. he looks like he was poisoned..perhaps by you ..you and your father should be ashamed of yourselves...!
@jacklucy15 And where do you get off accusing this man and his father of poisoning this ratcoon? Do you have any evidence? And if they did poison it, so what? Ratcoons are highly destructive pests, you know.
very well done, and if time is of the essence (especially on a sidewalk) and given the right tools, doing it yourself may be appropriate. The amount of education your father had was enough to know what to do safely.
your father did a very brave thing but he should have killed it in a maner that caused it to die with out getting blood on him then bury it in a spot were one could find it. After 24 hours the virus would be dead and no one runs the risk of that terable fate
Your dad sounds like a very kind person. And given the precautions he took in not being exposed himself, did the right thing in moving it. Not many people would have done the same.
i think it was still alive :,(
acdion315 2 weeks ago
poor thing... :( it would have been better to put it out of its misery... i remember my boyfriend had to put a mongoose out of its misery...i hate that memory DX
zyx0unknown0xyz 2 weeks ago
ALL YOU NEED IS A SHOVEL
qrowe36 2 weeks ago
NO NESSE!!!
golickacat 3 weeks ago
That coon is having seizures from Distemper. It is a viral disease that humans can not contract and the number one killer of raccoons. Dogs should always be vaccinated for distemper because they can contract it if they are not vaccinated.
Hammerhead786 4 weeks ago 2
Should have called animal control. They'd of disposed of it proper.
Garlannd 1 month ago
OK, the animal is obviously DYING why didnt you call the police or Animal Control so they could shoot him and put it out of its misery? Also, whatever disease it has, rabies or distemper are both very contagious. dragging him around like that and leaving him to suffer in the woods just gives more room for him to spread the disease.
JesterEve 1 month ago
@JesterEve take your bleeding heart somewhere else.
rockergod789 1 month ago
@rockergod789 Take your trolling ass somewhere else.
JesterEve 1 month ago
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GeniusIncome 3 weeks ago
Shoot it put it out of his teerble dying while you just watch him have DUMBASS!
leopardluver22 1 month ago
@leopardluver22 Oh yes. Because everybody walking down the street has a gun ready just in case they see a rapid animal is dying on the sidewalk.
They're not in Texas.
KingdomWolf2351 1 month ago 9
How would you have liked to have seen him die and where were you taking him? Slam him on the road or ground so he'd die faster?
apprec8ive 1 month ago
DISTEMPER! Not Rabies. Put out of it's misery! Dragging it around by the catch-pole undoubtly spread it around. Unless you bleached your catch pole, it's contaminated too and so is the place where you store it. You spread it around on your shoes too. Leaving it in the woods to die, is spreading it, by exposing it to other animals. Would have been humane to shoot it or have animal control come and kill it. Poor guy. Miserable death. Immediate area, and shoes should have been bleached.
grattan100 1 month ago
@grattan100 Nice comment.
apprec8ive 1 month ago
@apprec8ive what was wrong with the comment? Trying to inform the videographer and anyone else reading this thread, on spreading distemper. FYI: distemper is also spread airborne (like a cold) so having the dog near it, not a good idea. Some info on rabies (not releated to video)....once the saliva hits the ground and dries, the virus is dead, so it does not exist in the enviroment and cannot contaminate an area. It cannot be spread except by blood/saliva transmission from infected animal.
grattan100 1 month ago
it was in the final stages of rabies for people who don't know and in the first palce why bring your dog anywhere near it? if you read the comments of other videos with rabid animals attacking pets you'll notice hair brained idiots posting stuff like "why isnt it vaccinated? is it vaccinated?" so why risk having people bag on you about your dog being around it?
DomSubmissiveKitty 1 month ago
That's distemper you dumb fuck. I like how you tell your dog to get back, but then you walk towards the raccoon. You could have at least shot it or called animal control to put it down. Probably strangled that poor animal carrying it off. Stupid people.
StrangeGirlMBG 1 month ago
Rabies is usually biting at the site of the wound, .. lots of biting and chewing in general and solitude . He probably has a Tumor in his brain, Stroke, or just Distemper
TheCottonxCandy 1 month ago
someone should have shot it
Waserum1 1 month ago
poor thing :(
bridget2695 1 month ago
How do you know that this was rabies & not distemper?
KillaCamCorte 1 month ago
so what did u guys do with the raccoon? does it die from the rabies?
gusto1978 1 month ago
sooo, what? you just happen to carry your video camera every time your walk your dog?
ButtonsBlankie 1 month ago
Yellowman88, you are right on!! That most definitely is distemper. Have seen this a lot here in Ohio. I wish the anti hunters would realize that a hunters bullet is more humane.
Nature will thin any species out if they are not regulated. Good eye!!
MrJws1971 1 month ago
its not rabies. It's probably distemper.
yellowman88 1 month ago
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yellowman88 1 month ago
However, this looks like it had been hit by a car.
MizARAZI 2 months ago
@MizARAZI
but one cannot assume it was hit by a car.. Rabies is a serious serious thing. ANd even in winter can be a problem which means its a bad strain. Most of the time its a spring thing.
MizARAZI 2 months ago
You never approach one like this man in the video, you keep an eye on it whilst someone gets a gun. That animal can knock you down. I have seen a woman get knocked down 2 years in a row from a rabid coon. He could have gotten up and chewed you up.
MizARAZI 2 months ago
NOOO, the proper thing to do, is shoot it in the heart, call the animal control to take it to be tested and be removed from nature.. Whatever ate on its corpse, now will harbor the disease, or could. In the old days, the people would have burned the carcass in a wood pile so that no other animal could be infected. It was not right to allow it to suffer further, nor safe or the proper way to handle this by simply moving it. Call animal control, they will tell you.
MizARAZI 2 months ago
Poor thing. :(
pippy1994 2 months ago
'Hate to see you die that way", yeah, so then why let it? .22LR ammo is cheap and humane.
Snoep76239 2 months ago
יאו מה הייתי עושה כדי לעזור לו , מסכן!!!:(
babyGirl3972 2 months ago
poor raccoon rabies give raccoon's a bad name
DisturbedRulz1993 2 months ago
damn dogs don't listen to shit.
KritziaNicoleVenable 2 months ago
grew up in lamplighter. odd to see towanda pop up. Hopefully this coon was dispatched quickly, poor guy
sonick808 2 months ago
However, but just taking it to a tree line and dropping it off to die by itself is actually the WORST thing you can do. Now, when a coyote or other predator goes and has a free lunch, guess what happens? Now you have a Coyote on the loose with RABIES! The best thing to do is drop it in a bucket of water, drown it and then bury it deep!
proudfreemason 2 months ago
@proudfreemason no the best way is to burn it with FIRE!
cmanmaxwell 2 months ago
@cmanmaxwell or fire, yes!
proudfreemason 2 months ago
:C Poor coon. It was definitely diseased and you handled it right, but considering how clean it looked, it probably was distemper and not rabies. I love raccoons, so I wish people would do away with the 'rabies stigma' they have, as they don't actually contract rabies all that often. Their number one cause of natural death is distemper. Rabies tends to show with foaming, and therefore wet and matted fur.
UmatsuObossa 2 months ago
@UmatsuObossa
For one thing, Rabies in not something you play with.. ONLY 1 person has ever lived thru it.. EVER! Not every case is rabies, and not every rabies case is the same in every coon. Some come crying like babies, some will knock you down and tear you apart. I live in the country and my neighbor had to have shots 2 years in a row cause a coon had attacked her that had rabies. BOTH YEARS. SHe was twice my size and they knocked her down an were eatin her up!!
MizARAZI 2 months ago
@MizARAZI and NO they did not handle this right.. They should have put it in a container that wouldnt allow anything in at it, and gave it to the Department of Health and environmental services to test. They actually REQUIRE this of any nocternal animal that is deseased or appear to be. They have to keep records of where any report of rabies is to warn the citizens near there.
MizARAZI 2 months ago
@MizARAZI Just pull out the good ol' .22 and shoot it.
PackyTV 1 month ago
@MizARAZI How is that relevant at all to what I said? I know what rabies is, I know its dangerous, and I know coons with rabies are dangerous. Thats all completely irrelevant to my point. I was saying that THIS particular case looks like distemper, and that coons get distemper WAY more often than they get rabies, so in general, a diseased raccoon is statistically more likely to be sick with distemper rather than rabies.
UmatsuObossa 1 month ago
Yea... this didn't help mah raccoon phobia AT ALL lol... that was just GROSS!!!
Leak2dadeezy2 2 months ago
That's rabies. Good thing you always leash your dog.
Seapaddler 2 months ago
@Seapaddler
how do you know did you diagnose it?
could be distemper?
79Testo 2 months ago
good work
SuperShit411 3 months ago
down south we don't use catch poles. we use boom sticks.
bobby71446 3 months ago 10
choot the somebitch it's rabid.
bobby71446 3 months ago
seizure--it's either rabid or has distemper. My moneys on rabies b/c you live in Illionis where the raccoon is the main vector for the virus, down in south, it's the coyote. What's so dangerous is that distemper and rabies are very hard to tell apart. Something u should ask your vet about and get a straight answer so the rest of us will know what to look for when we see that sort of thing going on. Yes, in either case, it must be killed & tested soon. I would've shot it, tho
silverbulletgirl29 3 months ago
SNOW!
qwerty123748 3 months ago
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that's sad man
TribalSpider13 3 months ago
poor thing, your dad was strangling it :(
TheShannonMontana 3 months ago
@TheShannonMontana That tool he used to pick up the raccoon is the same tool animal control people use to capture dogs and cats. It doesn't strangle them, but it is very frightening for them.
Kaytarawolf0 3 months ago
@Kaytarawolf0 its still sad :(
TheShannonMontana 3 months ago
@TheShannonMontana And its still necessary to keep the animal from biting you.
Kaytarawolf0 3 months ago
@TheShannonMontana You don't know much about professional methods of handling animals, do you?
Even veterinarians and boarding kennels use catch poles.
RBNightlinger 3 months ago
@RBNightlinger Yes actually I do, im just saying its mean to use those anywhere.
TheShannonMontana 3 months ago
@TheShannonMontana No, it's not. They are a Humane Society approved method of handling dangerous and/or wild animals or in situations where the safety of humans is in danger. In this case, the father was at risk of contracting rabies if he'd have touched the raccoon.
RBNightlinger 3 months ago
took it up to the treeline where it could die and not spread disease? forgive me but why is 50 yards going to protect society. especially since other animals will now eat it's corpse.
something diseased like that my aproach would be shovel to snap the neck putting it out of it's misery and burn the corpse.
TAPriceCTR 3 months ago
@TAPriceCTR I hope you're in charge during the zombie apocalypse...
RussellClank 3 months ago
um leave the dog in the house when filming a raccoon that is possibly infected just saying
floridaman2000 3 months ago
I have a pump action catch pole.
camarogod93 4 months ago
Also, FYI - keep your dogs the heck away, far away. If your dog gets rabies there is no treatment and your dog will be put down.
SlamDuncDrummer 4 months ago
@johnlvs2run Thanks John. Good to nOOOOO!
sanderracooper 4 months ago
T____T
Delightbunnie 4 months ago
Most likely distemper.
LauraLovesClint 4 months ago 2
Okay, I know to most this might seem like a stupid question, but if another animal ate this rabid animal, could the rabies transmit to the healthy animal?
sanderracooper 4 months ago
@sanderracooper yup yup yup
lycanlove333 4 months ago
@sanderracooper of course yes
painxxxl 4 months ago
@sanderracooper No, because rabies is an imaginary disease that doesn't exist.
johnlvs2run 4 months ago
@johnlvs2run so true
JessicaAsskick 4 months ago
I appreciate the comments and everyone's view points on the topic but the reality is my father is trained in handling animals this way and has done this procedure before. The animal could have been a threat to the society and needed to be delt with. Many children play on the block of town and several more people walk their pets like myself.
TFBDownOnTheFarm 4 months ago 23
@TFBDownOnTheFarm I respect that your Dad knows what he's doing but I still wish ya'll would have had either someone come out and take it to euth it or if possible put it down yourselves. That's just my opinion I don't believe in allowing animals to suffer if I can help it, I'll go as far as putting them down myself if there's no longer any hope for them.
dandydiamonddee 3 months ago
@TFBDownOnTheFarm We just had a rabid in our bay yard; it was walking around puking. I offered to kill it; father said no..I feel I shoulda it was deff rapid.
HedgieDiva 3 months ago
@TFBDownOnTheFarm Your father certainly knows how to handle a catch pole but, if rabid (and it certainly displays some of the symptoms), the raccoon should have been dispatched. By relocating it alive, it puts other animals at risk of being bitten (coyotes, fox, etc., that might have thought it an easy meal), which would perpetuate the risk to humans in the area.
Understand I'm not criticizing, just pointing out that the danger wasn't eliminated by leaving the animal alive.
RBNightlinger 3 months ago
@TFBDownOnTheFarm then kill the children problem solved, there are to many anyways
AnimeGirl5445 2 months ago
@AnimeGirl5445
Are you fucking serious?
you really hate the guy for scooping up a diseased coon off the sidewalk?
Animal rights people are TRULY the scum of the earth!
79Testo 2 months ago
@79Testo im not hating on anyone im saying. kill children not innocent animals this one of corse is rabid and should be put down but normal ones shouldnt be hated on i love raccoons bratty spiled ass children with thier ipod bullshit are to fucking common and most should be put down if we wernt on the top of the food chain whoever is ontop would shoot us into place cus there are way to many of us anyways
AnimeGirl5445 2 months ago
@AnimeGirl5445
You still have hate on for the kids, what did they do to you?
your statement is criminal not just emotionally disturbed.
Was this video about normal raccoons hated on?
forgive me, but I think your mind is racing.
79Testo 2 months ago
@AnimeGirl5445 wtf? With a P.O.V like that, I'm suprised you haven't wound up in jail already. Grow up. Yeah, people get spoiled more than they should, but they don't have to get killed for it. That's a VERY stupid statement. The racoon was sick, and was dying anyway. It couldn't be treated so theres no stupid reason to be lashing. Fucking calm down, pull the stick outta your ass, and grow up a few years. THEN rethink this crap.
hylianprincess7 2 months ago
@TFBDownOnTheFarm
You did the right thing by scooping it up. But if I were you, I would call the City animal folks to tell them and give them the animal. Just for protection from Anti's.
Non the less good work!
79Testo 2 months ago
@TFBDownOnTheFarm i think it had a seizure did u kill it?
Amaralovely 1 month ago
that is the final phase of rabies. all it does is short circuit the neurons in the brain until it completely shuts off and the animal dies. :( so sad
remember, once an animal has started showing even mild signs of rabies, its too late.
AcousticDude17 4 months ago
you need the dog whispere....
HuasoPodrido 5 months ago 5
rabies sucks
xpez 5 months ago
@jacklucky15 you're a total retard for making such accusations out of thin air
davidjewels 5 months ago
that means one thing...RABIES
levellphantom453 5 months ago
The best way to dispose of a rabid coon. Make sure you dont beat it to death or shoot it, because that will cause blood splatter and another animal could come in contact with it. The best way would be to throw the coon in a fire and burn it up, or just burry it.
gf3030 5 months ago
Rabiës in it's last stage.
Skoda130 5 months ago
Oh great the animal isn't in enough pain so this moron puts a wire around its neck and slowly strangles it by picking it up by the neck.
I guess if that were a person in distress like that he would get his wire pole out and strangle them by hauling them off!!
If you come up with missing neighbors it's him dragging them off with his wire pole!!
majorghn 5 months ago
@majorghn Well, 1. If he left it there, people could get sick
2. Its good he'd been killed, otherwise he'd feel VERY VERY VERY VERY BAD pain while dieing laying there..
3. I got no 3 :d
Aznfat901 5 months ago
@majorghn Just because he uses a catch pole on a dying rabid ratcoon (SO HE DOESN'T CATCH THE DISEASE HIMSELF) does not mean he would use it on a human being.
Geesh, where do you PETA stormtroopers get your thinking from?
threeby8887 5 months ago
@majorghn you clearly dont understand what happens when you fuck a rabid animal's day up. when the animal is like this, the brain is already dead. you need to do anything and everything in your power 1. to be safe, 2. to make sure it is dead, 3. call animal safety right away
AcousticDude17 4 months ago
Poor raccoon! There must be no god if he lets innocent creatures suffer so much!
marysik27 6 months ago
@marysik27 why have i seen this comment so many times..? and theres much more than just that that suffers.. >_>
warkill201 6 months ago
@warkill201 Can I express my feelings and get to talk to someone, right?
marysik27 6 months ago
does your dad work for animal control? why does he have an animal noose?..rather than film and have your dog aggravate the animal you should have called animal control. he looks like he was poisoned..perhaps by you ..you and your father should be ashamed of yourselves...!
jacklucy15 6 months ago
@jacklucy15 And where do you get off accusing this man and his father of poisoning this ratcoon? Do you have any evidence? And if they did poison it, so what? Ratcoons are highly destructive pests, you know.
threeby8887 5 months ago
someone probably peppered his ass with a bb gun. takes a shit load of bbs to kill anything
cerberusgoddog 6 months ago
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A CASE OF RACCOON RABIES DOCUMENTED IN ILLINOIS! Google Raccoon Rabies Illinois.
It was most likely distemper? What he should have done is put the poor thing out of it's misery and called Animal Control so it could be tested.
katwagg 6 months ago
very well done, and if time is of the essence (especially on a sidewalk) and given the right tools, doing it yourself may be appropriate. The amount of education your father had was enough to know what to do safely.
AnthraxInjections 6 months ago 13
your father did a very brave thing but he should have killed it in a maner that caused it to die with out getting blood on him then bury it in a spot were one could find it. After 24 hours the virus would be dead and no one runs the risk of that terable fate
fainey911 8 months ago
Your dad sounds like a very kind person. And given the precautions he took in not being exposed himself, did the right thing in moving it. Not many people would have done the same.
everynewmorning 9 months ago 3
what a fine place in towanda illinois, was that a railroad tracks?
oh. wait a minute..
that raccoon's not dying, it's still alive, it must've getting insomnia or something
poopybooyah 1 year ago