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 Suzie-Q   Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3406 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 
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I would pay good money to "sort him out". +1 ~Sue~ 
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rob smith    Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 23037 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 
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I'd pay good money just to hear the conversation that certain folks around here would have with him.... Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? ID: 1765640 · |
Angela  Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31
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I'd rather act like a raccoon than discuss something with this person. If a raccoon is unhappy with another critter, he helps himself to a piece of his adversary's ear. 
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celttooth  Send message Joined: 21 Nov 99 Posts: 26503 Credit: 28,583,098 RAC: 0 
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I remember when HRH The Queen had to walk through a matt like thing to protect Canada from a possibility of spreading foot and mouth on a Royal visit here some years ago. She seemed cheerful enough with all the fuss.  edit: Not back, just visiting....   
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kittyman  Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51593 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004
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The trouble is that all the while raccoons are officially seen as vermin this will continue. It is the same with fox hunting in the UK. As a member of the Hunt Saboteurs Association I have seen printed stuff that would make a grown man cry. That is why I can never join them in the field or go to Africa. I would end up killing somebody. Sir Christopher.........man of the kitty tile........ And may I kindly addresss you as 'Sir'/ I think you have earned the right, so to speak. But, I think your zealousnous overqualifies you.- I myself get somewhat carried away by cat causes meself. On the side of erring so, I generally just silently donate to the shelter from whence came a few kitty friends. I may remind a few times... Lori's fine furry friend Starbucks happened to be on display when we were there just stopping by to grant a donation.............and now has had a fine home since. I know my pain shall perhaps pass. Not soon though. And I thank those of you who are understanding in this matter. And a pox on those who are clueless. I may also be going there soon for a couple of new kitty companions once Tigger passes. I may be able to fill a need, wherein two cats might be considered as one, since they are inseperable. So, that immediately stops some would be adopters in their kindly tracks. Tigger, in the meantime, is not looking very well today. She is now showing signs of unhappiness, and I cannot have that for long. "Time is simply the mechanism that keeps everything from happening all at once." 
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Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀  Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15401 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1,000
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Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3406 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1
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Stupid, STUPID people. This breaks my heart. The poor animal died after no doubt experiencing horrible fear. ~Sue~
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Mojo Send message Joined: 17 Sep 13 Posts: 258 Credit: 14,978 RAC: 0
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Since it washed ashore it was either sick or abandoned, no dolphin would come that close to shore. And then the people picking it up suffocated it, they put it in the water as it tried to breathe and held it there. Then took it out again at which point it could no longer breathe with its lungs crushed by its own meager weight. And it died suffocating and overheating. Remember though, this is not a first world country with a lot of knowledge from good sources. What they did was very ignorant and cruel, but they wouldn't see it that way. ID: 1766248 · |
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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31
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Mojo Send message Joined: 17 Sep 13 Posts: 258 Credit: 14,978 RAC: 0
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Here are recordings of Public Domain books on a site called Librivox.org. There are some books about animals. And a lot of other books. https://librivox.org/ ID: 1766376 · |
Julie  Send message Joined: 28 Oct 09 Posts: 34070 Credit: 18,883,157 RAC: 18 
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Grant Nelson  Send message Joined: 7 May 12 Posts: 8022 Credit: 4,237,757 RAC: 0
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Love it ID: 1766462 · |
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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31
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Love it +1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15401 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1,000
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  Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club. 
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JaundicedEye  Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1
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......having forgotten the 'Flying Puccinellos" were in town.....  "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> ID: 1766586 · |
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Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3406 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1
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Since it washed ashore it was either sick or abandoned, no dolphin would come that close to shore. And then the people picking it up suffocated it, they put it in the water as it tried to breathe and held it there. Then took it out again at which point it could no longer breathe with its lungs crushed by its own meager weight. And it died suffocating and overheating. Remember though, this is not a first world country with a lot of knowledge from good sources. What they did was very ignorant and cruel, but they wouldn't see it that way. Nowhere does it say they tried to do anything to help it. They passed it around and then left it on the beach to die. ~Sue~
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Dimly Lit Lightbulb 😀 Send message Joined: 30 Aug 08 Posts: 15401 Credit: 7,423,413 RAC: 1,000
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Angela Send message Joined: 16 Oct 07 Posts: 13131 Credit: 39,854,104 RAC: 31
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How soon until all the raccoons stupid enough to walk into traps get caught and eliminated from the gene pool, and there are nothing but smart raccoons left in NYC to have babies. Trapping the dumb ones only makes the population, as a whole, smarter...
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Bill Walker  Send message Joined: 4 Sep 99 Posts: 3868 Credit: 2,697,267 RAC: 0
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How soon until all the raccoons stupid enough to walk into traps get caught and eliminated from the gene pool, and there are nothing but smart raccoons left in NYC to have babies. A few Canadian scientists are saying exactly that about Toronto urban raccoons. They predict they are evolving fast enough that they will become a distinct species within a century or two.  
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JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1
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Trapping the dumb ones only makes the population, as a whole, smarter..........been saying that about humans for 20,000 years, doesn't seem to have worked....... "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> ID: 1767061 · |
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