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My dad use to trap animals as part of his lawn business.
He’d let them go off deeper in the woods, but there was this one opposum that he swore was coming back to the area.
He put a mark on its tail to see how much money he was making off this opossum and I think it ended up being at least 5 separate trips he made with that one opposum.
Dude wasn’t trap happy he just loved tearing up yards
I love opossums so very much
Yeah it’s the same thing some homeless folks do in the United States if they’re sick or the weather is bad.
Commit a silly non-violent crime and let yourself get caught. Free food, medical, room and board until your court date.
In our area, they’ll use suicidal ideation to get a hospital bed a lot
This is also a problem rehabbers can face! Some patients just don’t want to go, they had the good life and absolutely refuse to wild back up. This is why minimizing direct handling and human socialization as much as possible is a key step.
It’s easy to see why people can think of wild animals like pets when you see them act like that. We all want the same basic thing, in the end. To be comfortable.
I got really confused after you started talking about minimizing handling and human contact right after talking about people in rehab for a second lol
while my logic knows it’s impossible, highly dangerous to the eco system, dangerous to humans, and dangerous to animals
can we just go and domesticate all the animals please? 🥺 i want to snuggle with squirrels and give hugs to red pandas, maybe even ride a bear a little, give them all pats and the best treats
I don’t want to domesticate the animals - it’s cruel because we can barely keep the ones we have mentally healthy
I just want animal friends. I don’t need to own them, they don’t need to live with me, but I want them to come visit for pets and the occasional treat
And I could do it too… I’m very good at getting the trust of animals. You just have to establish a common language and show yourself to be trustworthy over time. But that requires being able to live somewhere with a healthy ecosystem…
