Because of the reason you gave, you can always get vaccinated if there is a concern and, they really don’t fear it.
You don’t know if due process was followed. In fact, given Longo wasn’t given his day in court, I would say it wasn’t.
Interesting choice of words. It seems to make this not so black and white.
He might be in the KKK. Be aware.
It would be ludicrous to round up every rabies vulnerable animal on the planet and test them individually, but we know rabies exists none the less.
We had a fox in the neighborhood test positive for rabies a couple weeks ago. It was killed after attacking a dog and sent for testing. Fortunately the dog evidently was vaccinated and is fine, and no, the city isn’t killing every fox. They have instructed people to call in odd behavior though, and those foxes are getting decapitated. There have also been renewed reminders to vaccinate pets and leave wildlife alone.
Because this is commensurate with potential risk.
When your replies get so ludicrous they simultaneously ignore the existence of rabies and argue that because squirrels exist in your yard, Peanut in no way could’ve posed any kind of risk for rabies or other diseases/parasites, you’ve literally lost reality and logic.
If Peanut had been in the yard, he wouldn’t have been beheaded. Case in point really.
Of course not. Most people have been brainwashed by the propaganda of Big Puppy.
I’ve had 3 squirrels as pets. They were polite, tidy, cute, and very entertaining. They would be the most popular pet in the US if it weren’t for Big Puppy protecting their profits by disparaging squirrels.
Fluffy, the half tailed squirrel lived in the maple tree next to my kitchen window growing up. He was amazing. He’d come down every day and chuckle in the window for his daily bowl of trail mix. After that, he’d agitate the cats as he nimbly dodged their attempts to eat him. Also how he lost his tail. But I digress.
Squirrels are great pets, but there is no money to be made off of them like there is with dogs. Squirrels are free. Like their spirit. Like America!
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I remember a period of time where flying squirrels specifically were very popular pets. But they were regulated to avoid things like rabies and whatever else. And chinchillas. Or maybe they were the same thing.
My wife grew up on a ranch and had everything from squirrels to raccoons and even bobcats as “pets”.
This doesn’t negate anything in Peanut’s case, however.
Small or not, Peanut did present potential risk and there are laws in place for this reason.
It would’ve been irresponsible to let him go, untested, and find out he was a problem via victimization of unsuspecting neighbors and community residents vs proactive discovery and consequence mitigation should there have been a problem.
I agree what happened to Peanut is unfortunate, and I think it’s terrible the guy keeping him set him up for it.
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I can see this point. He loved P-nut to death.
My squirrels were outside pets that would hang out to eat, play and visit for a while, then off to the safety of their trees.
I loved them, so I let them go. They loved trail mix and little chinny scritches, so they returned.
I had a fox too for a while, but they’re way too good at slipping a harness. Then off it went. There are a couple around now, but they kinda keep to themselves.
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Kind of off topic, but this reminds me of a story i was told as a kid. The kids across the street had their great- grandmother living with them. This was the early 80s. She told us about how when she was a kid, her aunt got rabies. They tied her to a bed and all the family went and said their goodbyes, then they closed the door and let it happen. She said she still had nightmares about the sounds coming out of that room before the aunt died.
The good old days.
They let someone die of rabies tied to a bed in the 80’s?? Yikes.
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And she was just a kid?!
What does potential mean? We all present potential risk by that standard. In fact, given I actually go outside and in the woods, I present a greater potential risk than Peanut ever did.
It was overreach of egotistical power hungry government and nothing else
No. She told me the story in the 80s. It probably happened around 1910.
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No. She was an adult. She was the aunt of the lady who told me the story.
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This begs the question of what exactly is a pet. If it’s illegal to own a particular animal as a pet, then it can’t be considered a pet which means it’s not illegal as it isn’t a pet.
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Also, why do I have to pay someone to remove raccoons from my attic? I can call them pets and get them removed for free.
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I’ve done this. The back legs are about the only meat on them, but they’re like little chicken legs once you fry em up in butter with salt and pepper.
And id do it again too.
Bonus points if you call them a threat to democracy.
I did not picture this thread being brought back from the dead for someone to argue that killing the pets was justified.
Why stop at pets? Lets have them put down service animals too.
Maybe include the kids if they’re furry enough.
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