i remember summers at my grandparents place with armadillos getting into the chicken coop and doing some real nasty stuff. the raccoons were no better. needless to say any varmints spotted in their yard got done in with no hesitation.

i took the same opinion on pests until i decided to deal with a squirrel that ran across the roof early every morning making a mess with seeds that i had to sweep up later. well i dropped him with a crosman pellet gun one day but... i'll just say that i couldn't take the next shot fast enough. when it happened again with squirrels doing the exact same thing i decided to cut some limbs. luckily they got the idea because i really really do like sleeping when i can. so now no matter how cute or whatever i'd rather not but i will.