Editor:
Re: Put these neighbourhood bullies in proper place, letter to the editor, Feb. 10
Upon catching sight of the letter, I assumed Connie Senft was asking people to stop their pet cats from killing birds and their chicks, but, alas, she's blaming raccoons for some missing cats.
Shouldn't Senft et al be blaming themselves for failing to keep tabs on their cats?
Besides raccoons, eagles, hawks, feral cats, coyotes and stray dogs are likely suspects, too.
And shouldn't Senft and her sympathizers be conjuring up ways to prevent their cats from killing birds and their fledglings?
What's more, raccoons eat moles, mice and rats. Pet cats, well fed, rarely go after these vermin.
True, some cats get into scraps with raccoons and lose, but, again, why did you let your cats - or little dogs - stray? Raccoons aren't responsible for your cats' - or dogs' - welfare, you are.
Toddlers? I wouldn't let my toddler out of my sight no matter what he or she were doing, raccoons or no raccoons. Why? Anybody older than four knows that toddlers are prone to injury from all sorts of seen and unforeseen hazards, raccoons being the very least of them.
And, yes, I like cats - and birds, and raccoons, too.
I don't mourn the mice, moles and rats that 'coons eat.
Greg J. Edwards
