Ohh NOOOOO

[ssjsmits]

It sprayed your dog! (unless I missed something else). It was defending itself. Your dog provoked it.

[PythonGirl]

Originally Posted by PythonGirl

I feel that maybe if anybody else here criticizing me was in the same situation they reaction might be different than they thought. Skunk spray can blind some animals. Causing them LOTS of pain. My dog got sprayed in the face, pure luck has it that he shut his eyes. If you smack a Mosquito you are just killing it because its a nuisance, its just another animal trying to survive. If you have ever killed a spider, fly, bee, anything. They are all just animals trying to survive. You all just feel differently about this one because its bigger than a bug and "soo cute and furry"

We personally believe this skunk might have been rabid because our dog is in a fenced in yard, the skunk was not in the fence, there was nothing stopping this skunk from running away. We personally SAW the skunk turn and spray the dog through the fence and ran away then again 2 hours later the SAME skunk came and did the same thing over again.

The skunk could have just as easily ran away... it was not in the fenced in yard. Well say a thief broke in your house and you walked out of your bedroom and scared the thief and he shot you because you scared him... You provoked the shot by scaring him... LIKE I SAID this is stupid to argue about none of it is going to bring the "Poor lil Skunk" back

[Johnny Utah]

I don't know about comparing flies and mosquitoes to mammals. That's going to be hard for most people to grasp.

[faroutinmt]

Originally Posted by ssjsmits

Well can one blame me. "Oh this this is being annoying, I'm going to kill it". That's just how I see it. But in reference to your perspective, I do catch and release flies. Granted I'm very particular about keeping doors and windows shut so I rarely, if ever, have a fly in the house. In Pullman, there are wasps as far as the eyes can see. There are dozens of nests just on my front porch alone. Heck, there's one inside the rear view mirror on my chevy. Yeah they are kind of annoying and I've been stung several times. Perhaps I am being a little particular. But that's just how I am. I don't believe any living thing deserves to be killed just for being itself. Prime example, rattlesnakes. What does the majority of people do when they see one? Do they leave it alone like they should? Or do they kill it on sight? Why? Just because it's a rattlesnake. Yet it wasn't doing anything wrong.
I'm that type of person who sees a spider in the house and lets it go outside instead of squishing it.

Well, one thing's for sure: regarding this topic, you live what you believe.

But, so do I. If a wasp stings me, I kill it. I paint houses and have to remove yellow jacket nests on a daily basis. I don't relocate them; I destroy them.

[Mizbubba]

Let it go.

Folks are obviously not going to agree on this point, and this is one of those issues that has the potential to get out of control... the more heated the emotions get, the more the pot gets stirred.

The dog is stinkless. The skunk is dead. No amount of arguing is going to change the outcome of either.

That is all.

[faroutinmt]

Ha ha...now there's an ad on the page about how to get rid of the smell if your pet gets sprayed by a skunk! Too funny.

By the way, I personally enjoy reasonable, calm debates and hearing other people's opinions. I often think I'm right about something until someone brings a better perspective. I can agree to disagree too. Its when insults, self righteousness and hostility come into play that it becomes wrong.

[bleeding_sarcasm]

Originally Posted by ssjsmits

Pee on it.

HAHAHAhahahahahahahahahaha haa hhaaaa hhhhaahhaaa ahhhh, Oh that was funny.

[bleeding_sarcasm]

Originally Posted by PythonGirl

Lol skunks respawn upon killing. No there is one family in the neighborhood that lives under my neighbors shed. It does not seem like you guys understand that skunks are really quite dangerous. They kill the kittens in the neighborhood to eat. If you have a chihuahua puppy outside at night and saw there was a skunk munching on your puppy because it was small and he was hungry... would you not kill him? I donno

Does any one see a problem with irresponsible people letting their cats breed out of control, contributing to a feral cat problem, out of control cats that in turn kill native species? Birds, lizards, you name it.

[PythonGirl]

Originally Posted by bleeding_sarcasm

Does any one see a problem with irresponsible people letting their cats breed out of control, contributing to a feral cat problem, out of control cats that in turn kill native species? Birds, lizards, you name it.

Hu true... maybe shoot the cats too? J/K J/K lol oh man I am waiting for the comments on that lol I am just kidding

[ssjsmits]

Originally Posted by bleeding_sarcasm

HAHAHAhahahahahahahahahaha haa hhaaaa hhhhaahhaaa ahhhh, Oh that was funny.

Glad someone got it.