I dont get this mentality

[Luvmyzoocrew]

I live in an area with alot of farmland, I have 2 1/2 acres, and everyone around has 5 or more acres around me, farmland, tractors your whole farming area. When i first moved here we were living in the borough which is not as country as it is around here and there are more developments. When i first move to this wonderful farm country i was in heaven , i loved it . The wild bunnies, foxes, raccoons, skunks, ground hogs, all the different types and colors of birds, all these things were in limited supply in the city. Well we have a neighbor that is across the street that is using the plot of land next to us, which isnt ours, for planting pumpkins and he has been over there all the time tilling and maintaining the land. Well yesterday he went over with a humane trap, and i thought about the ground hog that has lived under our shed since we have lived here, i was even thinking of going over and setting the trap off so he c ouldnt catch anything, but was threatened by my family,lol. So today his son came across and got the trap and i seen that there was something in it, so i got the binoculars (ok so at this point i sound like a wierdo with binoculars,lol) and in it was a ground hog. My ground hog? who knows. So i was stalking, errrrr um watching and here comes the son with a gun in hand to the quad where the ground hog was well at this point i was in tears and went in. I knew with these people that they were going to trap it to kill it, they werent humanely going to trap it and relocate it.

I am so FREAKING mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :grumpy::nonono: :banghead
Now I understand i might be in the minority with this but there are things that can be done to advoid this, the area that he has for his freaking pumpkins is not really big so why couldnt he have put something around it like netting stuff or something like that. Here is my concern, we live in an area that has deer, fox, possum, raccoon, ground hogs, squirls, chipmunks and all other sorts of animals who are going to go and eat his p umpkins, so what is he going to do kill them all?????????????????????????????????????
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I enjoy this wildlife and when we plant veggies next year i will put something around it to minimize the crop damage so is this some kind of wierd idea from antoher planet that i have????????????????????????????????????????

Hormones i think are playing a large part in the crying but i am still mad!!!!!!!!
The mentality that people have about animals is appaling. These are the same people that leave their dog out 24/7 in a penn area, the chickens are free range and we have to chase them back onto the property when i see them walking across the road, no punn intended there, with the chickens i have g one over thier in the past to tell them that i found the dog and the chickens in the road and thier answer is that well if they get hit then they will learn???????????????????????:banghead:banghead the other dog runs around free range too.

I get so aggravated, now all the thi ngs i like to watch and enjoy and that gives me pleasure to watch is going to be picked off one by one cause it likes pumpkin................ boy if i could swing a sledge hammer :craziness


Ok i am done i dont feel better but i am done for now.

 

[Bo B Bunny]

If it's not groundhog season, you can call the DNR on them and report them.

 

[BlueGiants]

I sympathize... and I feel so bad for the groundhog... I hate stupid people. We don't have that much property, but it's always been a rural area. The lady next door to me had 3/4 acre...raised turkeys and chickens (Yum! Fresh eggs!). She had box turtles and fox, opposum and squirrels, raccoons and chipmunks and a small bird sanctuary. She had 120 year old maple trees that shaded my rabbit barn. She had a beautiful vegetable garden (that my bunnies were kind enough to help fertilize and I got fresh tomatoes, zuccini, cucumbers, peas and beans). Her husband passed away and she sold the house.

The woman that bought it (3 years ago) knocked down the farm house and built a huge 3 story pseudo-victorian (that looks down into my kitchen skylights!). She has taken down EVERY TREE on the property... every single one! She's planning on putting in a pool and doesn't want leaves! She is TERRIFIED of raccoons and chipmunks. (Convinced they ALLl spread rabies and her and her kids are going to die!) Hates birds (they poop all OVER the place), squirrels are tree rats and need to be exterminated... the exterminator is there weekly. He puts down poison and traps.

I also don't get this mentality. Shebought the property to moveout from the cityand live in the country... thought it would be healthier for her kids. And now she's poisoning the environment, killing the animalsand making it just LIKE the city.... I hate stupid people.

 

[Alexah]

I absolutely don't understand that mentality and it's made me mad just reading what you (and others) have shared.

Wildlife should be respected - not exterminated. There are always other options than killing or purposely harming your animal or any other. There is no excuse for some people's behavior towards pets and wildlife. It's sickening.

I would definitely look into who could be contacted about what your neighbors did. Their behavior is inexcusable.

:soapbox.

 

[Michaela]

I don't understand that either, how can people be so cruel? :tears2: I would have got very upset if I were you too. :hug: How don't people understand how important and beautiful nature is? :X

I had to Google "Groundhog" I had no idea what that was. They are beautiful little animals.

 

[pinksalamander]

OK, so when I read this, i saw 'groundhog' and i'm thinking little furry pig with curled horns... i too had to look it up on Google! Very different to what 'ground hog' conjures up!

I somewhat agree, and somewhat disagree. The problem with being a farmer is that if this is your livelihood, you somewhat need to protect it. My Grandparents have farmland and on some cases have had to go out and shoot animals. My Grandad shot a fox, because it had eaten like 40 of their chickens, well not eaten, just killed and played with. It was causing havoc and my Nan was so upset about her chickens. It lurked about, they tried putting fox repellent up but it didn't do anything so one day my Grandad went out and shot it. He hates doing things like that.

Despite that, i'm thinking these pumpkins aren't his livelihood, and i'm sure one little groundhog couldn't do that much damage. If he already caught it, surely he could drive a mile or so and let it free?

Fran :hearts :brownbunny

 

[polly]

I had to google it too!! They look so cute!!

Cathy i have to say although it wasn't meant to your post made me laugh makes ya think some city people are perhaps not suited to country life!! And wow you need some better planning laws they would have never managed to build a house that looks through your skylights over here!! Talk about invasion of privacy !!

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

I have to laugh at everyone that has to google ground hog, i often forget how i might call something different here , or we might have something here that someone else doesnt have,lol.

 

[Luvmyzoocrew]

I am going to get some of these ground hogs for him to try to catch!!!!!!!

 

[missyscove]

I'm sorry.
I saw my first groundhog last summer when I was at Cornell for summer college. I was with another girl from CA and neither of us knew what it was, so I took it's picture and later when we saw another one, our TA told us what it was.