Re: Bear in the coop

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Date: 13 Nov 2004 00:49:05 GMT

>I'll agree with you there Randy. A friend of mine lost a pile of poultry to
>bears this summer. Came right up to the house. They have guard dogs and
>even them didn't keep them away. Game Warden had to deal with them, proved
>to be a problem for other people in the area as well. Most critters will
>just continue to be problem until something is done.
>I've talked to Game Wardens and the RCMP and if something is
>harassing/killing livestock we are allowed to kill them with no questions.
>That counts for domestic dogs to larger wild critters. Most people I grew
>up around knew if their dogs wandered, it might get away with it once, but
>if it came around again chances are it would meet a untimely death. Triple
>"S" principle. Those were larger landowners though and protecting their
>source of income. Where we are now, though people have the mentality that
>their dogs should run free in the subdivision(5 acre lots). I won't say how
>many people and times I have complained about their dogs bothering my stock.
>Nothing ever changes though. The worst are the ones who tie up their dogs
>during the day and let them loose at night. I'm almost PO enough to start
>making dogs disappear. Too bad I couldn't make the owners disappear, they
>are the party at fault, not the dogs.
>
>How's the estate and the developer stuff going around your place?
>JHudson
>

Once bears have gotten a taste of something and know where they
can find it again, they will come back for another easy meal. Same
with big cats. Neither of them are what you would call a dumb
animal. Coyotes are just looking for easy meals. They have been
known to come right up on house porches and grab small dogs or
cats. And yet one of our idiot neighbors lets his 2 little yorkshire
terriors run loose. And we have plenty of coyotes around us. The
llamas pretty much keep them away from our place and the neighbors.

We've had mountain lions spotted in the area. The farmers around
us that I've talked to are all carrying guns again. Don't know if there
have been any more livestock killed or not.

Estate sale started this evening and continues thru the weekend.
The last of the MIL's houses is on the market. So we are at least
getting that "stuff" dealt with. Once we get that all done, taxes paid
and the rest divied up, we will start looking for a new farm in earnest.
Probably right after the 1st of the year. I guess thats not to far off.
Time flys when your having fun. Or not.

I haven't had a chance to chat with the developer again. I thought I
would just sit tight for a few weeks and see what his next play will
be. I've had a couple offers from other people (land speculators) that
were interesting but I'm willing to sit back and wait for more.

Once they start building houses, we will have to move the llamas
elsewhere. They will be putting a major road right thru our property
and we will just lose to much pasture to keep the llamas here. Now
that really sucks.

Randy
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