Why are raccoons hunted?

Answer 1

Raccoons will get into trash bins searching for food. They will eat pet food left outside for dogs and cats. They eat our garden and farm produce. They search for shelter under our homes or in our attics and sometimes do great damage is doing so. They tear up out lawns and gardens when searching for grubs and earthworms. They can carry dangerous diseases and parasites

Answer 2

Raccoons often get into trash and scatter it about. They can cause a lot of damage to roofs and attics. They raid our gardens and fields for food. Raccoons will eat food we have left out for our pets. They can carry rabies and a number of other diseases that can be transmitted to humans. Their feces can carry eggs of a round worm that can infect humans and pets and cause a fatal disease.

Answer 3

Raccoons do what raccoons do best and that has turned many against them.1.) They dig up our lawns looking for earthworms and grubs.

2.) They eat pet food left outside for our cats and dogs.

3.) They love to eat produce out of out gardens and fields and are particularly fond of sweet corn.

4.) They get into our trash bins looking for food and toss the useless garbage all over the yard.

5.) They sometimes damage out roofs trying to get into our attics to make a den.

6.) They sometimes kill our chickens or other poultry.

7.) They occasionally kill our pets - small dogs and cats.

8.) They eat the koi and goldfish out of out backyard ponds.

9.) They can sometimes carry dangerous diseases and parasites that can be transmitted to humans.

Answer 4

Raccoons are hunted for several reasons.1.) Some hunt raccoons for their skins.

2.) Some hunt them for food.

3.) Some hunt then to eliminate pests and carriers of disease.

4.) Some simply get a thrill out of killing something for pleasure.

Answer 5

These animals are considered pests because they dig through the community's garbage cans and do assorted damage to houses and other structures in their search for food and shelter.

Answer 6

for their skins, well that's why i hunt them

Answer 7

The raccoon, Procyon Lotor, is not an endangered species. An abundant species, found over much of North America.

Answer 8

Usually they enter homes searching for food or, possibly, looking for a den.

Answer 9

Raccoons are digging up earthworms, grubs, insects and small mammals hiding in the soil.

Answer 10

because they can scratch and Bite