Strange Days
People aren't the only creatures that are getting stranger by the day as I grow older. The other day, Gary was on the patio watching a squirrel "rampage" through my flower garden. He looked to be throwing a fit. He was chattering and making all kinds of a ruckus. Two days later I was sitting on the deck and looked out at the old oak tree near my garden and there was a squirrel tearing limbs and leaves off the tree as though it was angry. He chattered and ripped leaves from one branch, went to another one and did the same thing. This morning as I let the dogs out, he was sitting on top of my new dog corral. He went flying to the garden and stood chattering and ripping at stuff. Now I wonder could he have rabies or is he just "Crazy Squirrel" ?
Then I read articles like the following ones plus others that I haven't posted and wonder what is happening to the animals, or could it be like a warning from Nature. Something strange is in the air--I can feel it too. Yes that sounds crazy---maybe I should go tear up some leaves too to rid myself of this anxiety.
Global warming is killing the earth and us. We are destroying our air and our water. I fear one day water will be a golden commodity. According to the scientists, 60 percent of the US is in a drought condition right now. When we screwed with turning atoms into death we began killing all humanity. Even if the US citizen gave up their gas sucking cars, it wouldn't totally solve the problem. China contributes a great deal to the destruction of the ozone with their production and use of coal. We must find a way to rid ourselves of gasoline and move toward a better environment. There are great minds in the US, and these people must find a way to solve our dependence on oil. Nature is warning us----we must listen.
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Gang of Killer Raccoons Terrorizes City
AP
OLYMPIA, Washington (Aug. 22) - A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say.
Some have taken to carrying pepper spray to ward off the masked marauders and the woman who was bitten now carries an iron pipe when she goes outside at night.
"It's a new breed," said Tamara Keeton, who with Kari Hall started a raccoon watch after an emotional neighborhood meeting drew 40 people. "They're urban raccoons, and they're not afraid."
Tony Benjamins, whose family lost two cats, said he got a big dog - a German Shepherd-Rottweiler mix - to keep the raccoons away.
One goal of the patrol is to get residents to stop feeding raccoons and to keep pets and pet food indoors.
Lisann Rolle said she began carrying an iron pipe when she goes outside at night after being bitten by raccoons when she tried to pull three of them off her cat Lucy. She obtained rabies shots afterward as a precaution.
"I was watching her like a hawk, but she snuck out," Rolle said. "Then I heard this hideous sound - a coyote-type high pitch ... It was vicious. They were focused on ripping her apart."
The attacks have been especially shocking because raccoons came within five feet (1 1/2 meters) of cats without any problem in previous years, Benjamins said.
"We used to love the raccoons. They'd have their babies this time of year, and they were so cute. Even though we lived in the city, it was neat to have wildlife around," he said, "but this year, things changed. They went nuts."
In one case five raccoons tried to carry off a small dog, which managed to survive.
The attacks, all within a three-block area near the Garfield Nature Trail in Olympia, are highly unusual, said Sean O. Carrell, a problem wildlife coordinator with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, adding that trappers may be summoned from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to remove problem animals.
"I've never heard a report of 10 cats being killed. It's something were going to have to monitor," Carrell said.
Meanwhile, residents have hired Tom Brown, a nuisance wildlife control operator from Rochester, Washington, to set traps, but in six weeks he has caught only one raccoon. He and Carrell said raccoons teach their young - and each other - to avoid traps.
Brown said he had seen packs of raccoons this big but none so into killing.
"They are in command up there," he said.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 24) - A mountain lion ran into a home Tuesday and escaped through a window about an hour later.
Soon after he arrived home from work, Clifton Sanches said he heard his dogs barking loudly outside.
"I got up to shut the dogs up and a mountain lion came through my window, it came right through my screen door," Sanches told KKTV.
He went to a neighbor's house to call for help and he and sheriff's deputies waited outside the house. About an hour later, the big cat butted its head against a screened window before breaking through and running away. No one was injured in the incident.
"They really don't want an encounter with us; as much as we don't really want an encounter with them," said Deputy Lori Harrell of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.
Two mountain lions were spotted in Colorado Springs last month. Wildlife officials shot and killed one of the cats because it seemed lethargic and ailing.
"To have a mountain lion sighting is one thing. To have a mountain lion actually enter a structure is really rare," Colorado Division of Wildlife spokesman Michael Seraphin said.
08-24-06 02:24 EDT
There have been other reports of deer, bears entering peoples houses too I have read.
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Then I read articles like the following ones plus others that I haven't posted and wonder what is happening to the animals, or could it be like a warning from Nature. Something strange is in the air--I can feel it too. Yes that sounds crazy---maybe I should go tear up some leaves too to rid myself of this anxiety.
Global warming is killing the earth and us. We are destroying our air and our water. I fear one day water will be a golden commodity. According to the scientists, 60 percent of the US is in a drought condition right now. When we screwed with turning atoms into death we began killing all humanity. Even if the US citizen gave up their gas sucking cars, it wouldn't totally solve the problem. China contributes a great deal to the destruction of the ozone with their production and use of coal. We must find a way to rid ourselves of gasoline and move toward a better environment. There are great minds in the US, and these people must find a way to solve our dependence on oil. Nature is warning us----we must listen.
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Gang of Killer Raccoons Terrorizes City
AP
OLYMPIA, Washington (Aug. 22) - A fierce group of raccoons has killed 10 cats, attacked a small dog and bitten at least one pet owner who had to get rabies shots, residents of Olympia say.
Some have taken to carrying pepper spray to ward off the masked marauders and the woman who was bitten now carries an iron pipe when she goes outside at night.
"It's a new breed," said Tamara Keeton, who with Kari Hall started a raccoon watch after an emotional neighborhood meeting drew 40 people. "They're urban raccoons, and they're not afraid."
Tony Benjamins, whose family lost two cats, said he got a big dog - a German Shepherd-Rottweiler mix - to keep the raccoons away.
One goal of the patrol is to get residents to stop feeding raccoons and to keep pets and pet food indoors.
Lisann Rolle said she began carrying an iron pipe when she goes outside at night after being bitten by raccoons when she tried to pull three of them off her cat Lucy. She obtained rabies shots afterward as a precaution.
"I was watching her like a hawk, but she snuck out," Rolle said. "Then I heard this hideous sound - a coyote-type high pitch ... It was vicious. They were focused on ripping her apart."
The attacks have been especially shocking because raccoons came within five feet (1 1/2 meters) of cats without any problem in previous years, Benjamins said.
"We used to love the raccoons. They'd have their babies this time of year, and they were so cute. Even though we lived in the city, it was neat to have wildlife around," he said, "but this year, things changed. They went nuts."
In one case five raccoons tried to carry off a small dog, which managed to survive.
The attacks, all within a three-block area near the Garfield Nature Trail in Olympia, are highly unusual, said Sean O. Carrell, a problem wildlife coordinator with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, adding that trappers may be summoned from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to remove problem animals.
"I've never heard a report of 10 cats being killed. It's something were going to have to monitor," Carrell said.
Meanwhile, residents have hired Tom Brown, a nuisance wildlife control operator from Rochester, Washington, to set traps, but in six weeks he has caught only one raccoon. He and Carrell said raccoons teach their young - and each other - to avoid traps.
Brown said he had seen packs of raccoons this big but none so into killing.
"They are in command up there," he said.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 24) - A mountain lion ran into a home Tuesday and escaped through a window about an hour later.
Soon after he arrived home from work, Clifton Sanches said he heard his dogs barking loudly outside.
"I got up to shut the dogs up and a mountain lion came through my window, it came right through my screen door," Sanches told KKTV.
He went to a neighbor's house to call for help and he and sheriff's deputies waited outside the house. About an hour later, the big cat butted its head against a screened window before breaking through and running away. No one was injured in the incident.
"They really don't want an encounter with us; as much as we don't really want an encounter with them," said Deputy Lori Harrell of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office.
Two mountain lions were spotted in Colorado Springs last month. Wildlife officials shot and killed one of the cats because it seemed lethargic and ailing.
"To have a mountain lion sighting is one thing. To have a mountain lion actually enter a structure is really rare," Colorado Division of Wildlife spokesman Michael Seraphin said.
08-24-06 02:24 EDT
There have been other reports of deer, bears entering peoples houses too I have read.
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