Poor PNut, they have taken you away. And, unlike Jud, you are most sincerely dead. Karen is the Wicked Witch in this story. Maybe someone needs to drop a house on her.
While I am not the greatest fan of squirrels, I must say that needing a permit to have a squirrel for a pet is more than a little over the Hedge. Why would anyone care if a neighbor has a pet squirrel? (I have had neighbors with pet skunks, pet raccoons, pet blacksnakes, and pet owls. And none of those critters were nearly as pesky as the eight felines the Crazy Cat Lady a few doors down is currently boarding.)
And then, on top of that, they have to have a warrant served to impound said squirrel, and then, on top of that, they have to have a militarized Special Weapons Assault Team raid the house in the wee hours of the morning to serve it? Don't Judges and Cops have slightly higher priorities? Apparently not. This country has reached peek insanity. And I am yet amazed that God Almighty has not wiped this metaphysical piece of bovine excrement off the face of the North American Continent that it is currently blighting. Both Appalachia and the Rockies deserve better. Much better.
Squirrels die of rabies in hours. Racons and rabies 1-3 days. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only one human has ever died from the raccoon strain of rabies. A rabid raccoon is usually dead within 1-3 days of becoming infectious, and if you're bitten by a rabid raccoon, effective post-exposure treatment is available. https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/what-do-about-raccoons
Peanut and Fred were indoor pets. Squirrels in the wild live about 10 years, in a sanctuary up to 25 years. In the wild, raccoons typically live about 2 to 5 years, with many young raccoons not surviving past their first year. However, in captivity, they can live significantly longer, often reaching ages between 13 to 20 years. https://pethelpful.com/ask-a-vet/Raccoon-Lifespan-How-Long-Do-Raccoons-Live
Aside from the fact that Rabies is a product of the same fertile imaginations that insist we must have pastuerized milk, you would think neighborhoods would be much more concerned about all those feral cats running around.
I really think these people were jealous of Peanut and people actually making a difference, while they slithered to and from their lairs every day.
I'm interested to know how much of this is factual, Kyle. Was there really a complaint about the lack of some sort of license? According to James Howard Kuntsler, one of Substack's most eloquent lunatics, the animal was killed just for the fun of it. As though that isn't what hunters do.
I don't question that someone decided that this would be a great opportunity for the bureaucracy to demonstrate that it can smack down anyone for any reason.
What I question is the moral courage of the police and others who participated in the raid. Why didn’t one of them stand up and call bullshit on this over blown operation? They, more than the Karen bear responsibility for this fiasco.
A word of warning to all government employees. Just like the Germans who meekly allowed the Nazis to take over, you have a choice of whether to enable the slide into totalitarianism or standup and call bullshit on bureaucratic over reach. Simply ask yourself if you could look at yourself in the mirror the next day, and be pround of your actions. If not make your opinion heard.
in a nutshell, it’s nuts.
RIP Peanut.
Beyond nuts. This country is beyond nuts.
Poor PNut, they have taken you away. And, unlike Jud, you are most sincerely dead. Karen is the Wicked Witch in this story. Maybe someone needs to drop a house on her.
While I am not the greatest fan of squirrels, I must say that needing a permit to have a squirrel for a pet is more than a little over the Hedge. Why would anyone care if a neighbor has a pet squirrel? (I have had neighbors with pet skunks, pet raccoons, pet blacksnakes, and pet owls. And none of those critters were nearly as pesky as the eight felines the Crazy Cat Lady a few doors down is currently boarding.)
And then, on top of that, they have to have a warrant served to impound said squirrel, and then, on top of that, they have to have a militarized Special Weapons Assault Team raid the house in the wee hours of the morning to serve it? Don't Judges and Cops have slightly higher priorities? Apparently not. This country has reached peek insanity. And I am yet amazed that God Almighty has not wiped this metaphysical piece of bovine excrement off the face of the North American Continent that it is currently blighting. Both Appalachia and the Rockies deserve better. Much better.
Squirrels die of rabies in hours. Racons and rabies 1-3 days. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only one human has ever died from the raccoon strain of rabies. A rabid raccoon is usually dead within 1-3 days of becoming infectious, and if you're bitten by a rabid raccoon, effective post-exposure treatment is available. https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/what-do-about-raccoons
Peanut and Fred were indoor pets. Squirrels in the wild live about 10 years, in a sanctuary up to 25 years. In the wild, raccoons typically live about 2 to 5 years, with many young raccoons not surviving past their first year. However, in captivity, they can live significantly longer, often reaching ages between 13 to 20 years. https://pethelpful.com/ask-a-vet/Raccoon-Lifespan-How-Long-Do-Raccoons-Live
Aside from the fact that Rabies is a product of the same fertile imaginations that insist we must have pastuerized milk, you would think neighborhoods would be much more concerned about all those feral cats running around.
I really think these people were jealous of Peanut and people actually making a difference, while they slithered to and from their lairs every day.
Jeez, I am greatful that I live in the midwest and in a very small town even though we have our share of busy bodies.
I'm interested to know how much of this is factual, Kyle. Was there really a complaint about the lack of some sort of license? According to James Howard Kuntsler, one of Substack's most eloquent lunatics, the animal was killed just for the fun of it. As though that isn't what hunters do.
Aside from the named "Karen", everything is pretty factual.
Great Satire.
I don't question that someone decided that this would be a great opportunity for the bureaucracy to demonstrate that it can smack down anyone for any reason.
What I question is the moral courage of the police and others who participated in the raid. Why didn’t one of them stand up and call bullshit on this over blown operation? They, more than the Karen bear responsibility for this fiasco.
A word of warning to all government employees. Just like the Germans who meekly allowed the Nazis to take over, you have a choice of whether to enable the slide into totalitarianism or standup and call bullshit on bureaucratic over reach. Simply ask yourself if you could look at yourself in the mirror the next day, and be pround of your actions. If not make your opinion heard.
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