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Re: Is this how they do it in Vermont, Ruth?
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Ruth Barton <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 23 Oct 2005 12:49:33 -0700
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NO, here you call the "Game Warden" and he shows up sometime after the coon
has died of old age.  Ruth





At 10:08 AM -0400 10/21/05, Met History wrote:
From The New York Times, today...

[A New York City executive, at her weekend house in Ancramdale, NY, called
police to ask for help removing a rabid raccoon in her backyard.]

Quote:

Instead the officer on duty expected her to exercise a little country
self-sufficiency:  "Just shoot it!"   When she explained that she didn't
own a gun, the officer retorted impatiently "Then use your husband's gun!"

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Ruth Barton
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