In regards to eating meat

[Diana]

This is what I said I would post, for laughs. Instant karma LoL!

I have found raccoons to be very cool, and almost always attacked by dogs. So I see a dog attacking a raccoon and a kid perceiving it in a somewhat opposite way when the raccoon defends itself.

An Elm Creek teenager was off by a foot when he shot a raccoon Monday night and needed to take a trip to the emergency room.

According to the Buffalo County Sheriff’s Office, Devin Stall, 18, of Elm Creek heard a raccoon attacking his dog at 11:52 p.m. and shot the animal with a Browning .22 rifle.

The raccoon was only wounded with the first shot, so Stall put his foot on the animal to hold it down, shot again and accidentally shot himself in his right foot.

Stall was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney where he was treated and released.

As sad as this is, I had to laugh. I hope this person isn't so ignorant that the irony flies right over his head.

Doing something like that is simply beyond my imagination.

I raised 2 baby raccoons when the mother was hit by a car (we fed them with baby bottles). They were the sweetest little creatures, and would nuzzle up under my hair at my neck. Their paw pads were as soft as silk. As they grew, they spent more time in the trees, and eventually just did not come back for food. Sometimes I could see them hanging out in the trees.