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To: country bob who wrote (104766)	7/20/2005 5:05:42 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 225578

<<Back in the 50's & 60's people in NY used to raise pigeons on their rooftops and race them (I don't know if they still do) but their numbers are dwarfed by the amount of wild pigeons.>> It's a federal offence to kill a racing pigeon. $10,000 fine. Darn hard to see the leg band when you're shooting barn pigeons. <<If you call animal control they will trap it and kill it to test for rabies. You'd think there was a better way to declare an animal healthy than to KILL it, wouldn't ya?>> Raccoons are like rats, they can carry rabies. They have to test the brain to find out. That was one of my jobs in the army, hauling rats heads to the lab in Germany.

To: country bob who wrote (104766)	7/20/2005 5:49:02 PM
From: Naomi	Respond to of 225578

My worries are over, the raccoon left of its own accord. We searched the attic in every nook and crannie and no evidence of babies either. The food and water I put out up there were not touched at all. My prayers have been answered and I wish it luck being back in its own environment and not mine. I would have not let anyone take it if they told me it would be killed. The people that I called said they would take it to a wildlife reserve and it would hopefully live there the rest of its life. It looked to be very healthy and really was pretty especially its eyes. Eyes get me every time. <gg>