Smitty Two wrote in newsrestwhich-
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In article ,
Mysterious Traveler wrote:

While sitting outside last night, before the moon was up, I
started hearing noises and turned on the flashlight to find
the cutest group of four little skunks I've ever seen. You
know they have virtually no fear of humans until you get
excited and stand up cursing. I got out the "Have a Heart"
trap, put some canned dog food inside and half hoped to
catch them and half hoped I didn't. The trap was empty
this morning.

I'll try again tonight.



Why? What's going on in your head that the response to seeing an animal
is to trap it? Skunks have been living under my deck for 20 years. If I
leave the door open, they wander into the kitchen and chow down on some
cat food. I don't get people who have a problem with sharing the planet
with animals.

I too had some. Same story, mamma and some youngin's. Had one of those
country wrap around porches. Would sit on step evenings. Front step was
in their flight path I suppose. They'd come out of planting on one side,
cross within a couple of ft where I was sitting and exit into plantings
on other side. Never any issues. Cats often were sitting near me. They
only did what I did - watched with no aggression. We all knew the rules.