Agree 100 friend
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I would imagine in the way laws are written around prohibiting and enforcing bans of wild animals as pets.
I don’t want to lose the bouncing ball though, I agree the militarization of our police forces and govt overreach are a problem.
I think it’s funny it took a squirrel to get there for many of you.
I think the bigger problem is people working for agencies that lack common sense. I can see after enough evidence has been collected, bringing a SWAT team to serve a warrant for a terrorist or drug dealer but in this case a smart person would have just gone over there to ask some questions and then work to help solve any legal issues. It also would have been an opportunity to get some positive press.
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So apparently the claim that someone was bitten during the raid and that prompted the euthanasia is bullshit.
They decided to do it a week earlier.
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So one reason why wild animals are prohibited as pets is due to their proclivity for various contagious infections, including rabies.
Keep in mind rabies is common enough that it is standard practice, if not law, to keep domesticated pets vaccinated against the infection at all times. And communicable enough that kennels, parks et cetera will not allow visitation without vaccination, and kennels will require paper work given risk of liability.
The only way to be certain a rabies infection doesn’t exist is to collect brain tissue for analysis.
The guy who brought peanut in to his home may not have had poor intentions, I’m sure his intentions were good on the contrary, but he set Peanut up for the beheading and brain tissue analysis by introducing an unregulated, wild animal to a domestic scenario with zero due diligence.
And Peanut was likely tested for a variety of things considering, but the rabies testing was the most salacious for sentimental virility.
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Dude forced the authorities’ hand when he repeatedly broke the law and filmed.
In fact, he Chose to kill the squirrel the second he brought it inside.
How does any animal, kept indoors, get rabies?
Are farm animals given rabies vaccines? People who go out in the wild, like hunters? None of the above are exposed to potential rabies infection?
Certain wild animals can be kept by people, including squirrels, under certain circumstances. It is not black and white.
This squirrel was killed because of an agency simply having the right to do so. And that is possibly debatable. If they believed it had rabies, or could potentially have rabies, while living in captivity for years, then they should not be working with wildlife. They should just be honest and say that this man should not have kept the squirrel in captivity and that they killed it because what else were they to do? God forbid they exercise discretion or maybe consider the optics given the squirrel’s game. I mean, they basically sent SEAL team six to apprehend Osama Bin Peanut.
Didn’t he save the squirrel’s life? There is no law against that. I don’t think there is a law against allowing a wild animal to enter into your house. To me the question is, what constitutes ownership of a wild animal? If the animal enters your home and you allow it to stay, but it is free to leave at any time, is that considered owning it?
No pardons for P-nut, but Hunter is gonna walk free.
Thats not justice. Thats “Just Us”.
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Didn’t they also pardon a couple of turkeys? Talk about racial discrimination.
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Yep. They’re in the business of choosing favorites.
Don’t get me wrong. I like turkeys. There’s a whole flock of them right behind my house. They’re fine creatures for the most part. I know they have their problems amongst eachother but they never did anything to me.
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I don’t even care what preceeded that. Paulie is right.
The guy got Peanut from outdoors, hence “zero due diligence”
And the rest of your intentionally obtuse argument can be answered by “risk mitigation”.
Rabies does exist, is a risk in scenarios you mentioned, and is mitigated against as well as possible. Like vaccinations for pets and livestock where applicable. Or via varmint control measures, or a litany of other things not worth going down a “what about” rabbit hole 1 by 1, over and over.
Part of that mitigation as it relates to peanut is to avoid unregulated and unmanaged contact with wild animals in domestic scenarios. And, should someone like Peanuts captor/caretaker buck the mould, perform due diligence to investigate and then if necessary mitigate risk.
Unlike Scottie Scheffler following orders from an on duty officer, then having his car tackled and being arrested for attempted murder or whatever by an off duty officer while following those orders, this is actually a clear scenario of broken law and ensuing enforced policy, with reason.
You really do argue just to argue. Your stances change around who you can argue with in a given scenario, and are never reflective of any consistent principle or belief.
And, as a cross-post aside, this is the problem with education and educators today. STEM focus, keep the BS to yourself for the win.
Ok. Lets ask the science. How many documented cases are there of squirrel to human rabiees transmission are there?
Answer: Zero. None. Nada. Zilch.
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Appears to be true, however most people also aren’t bringing wild squirrels in to their homes, and rabies likely wasn’t the only disease tested for, as it’s not the only disease or parasite squirrels carry. It’s being discussed because of the article posted, which was written to highlight the beheading necessary to obtain brain tissue for conclusive testing as a means of emotional based virility, but it’s not the whole picture.
There is good reason for law prohibiting keeping wild animals as pets, that law was broken and due process, with reason, was followed considering.
We can all feel sad for the tree rat but this actually is a case of rule of law and order end of day.
Peanut’s captor/caretaker set him up for his demise.
Bingo. This was about some government agencies flexing. When the county health department asks if the animals had been tested for rabies, it’s an ignorant question. The animals are alive so obviously they weren’t tested. The idea that there was a concern they might have rabies so they needed to be tested is a lie. If there was this serious concern with regard to squirrels and rabies, why aren’t they conducting mass testing/killing of squirrels? I’ve got dozens of squirrels in my yard, should I be afraid to go out? Should the government come and decapitate them for my own protection? I also have raccoons and possums and possibly skunks. Please nanny state, come on over and kill them at your leisure.
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If they really were worried about rabies they could have quarantined the animals for 10 days to observe development of symptoms.
If someone was bit they can get the rabies vaccine during the latent period. But if you’re in animal control why wouldn’t you already have it?
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My coworker hunts squirrels and eats them. He makes jerky.
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