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From: afsipmh@cidsv01.cid.aes.doe.CA
Newsgroups: sci.bio
Subject: Raccoons in my belfry
Message-ID: <1991May6.132059.19342@cid.aes.doe.CA>
Date: 6 May 91 13:20:59 GMT
Sender: afsipmh@cid.aes.doe.CA (Patrick Hertel)
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Sorry if this isn't quite the proper forum but:
 I have a raccoon and its pups in my attic. I could catch/kill the
 mother but this would not deal with the pups and I can't get at them
 where they are. Before I take drastic/violent action I want to give
 them a chance of leaving by harassing them sufficiently. My question is
 how long before the young are mobile enough to leave the nest? 
 Harming them in any way will be a last resort. Is there a way of
 "smoking" them out?
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Pat Hertel                 Canadian Meteorological Centre
Analyst/Programmer         2121 N. Service Rd.        
phertel@cmc.aes.doe.ca     Dorval,Quebec             
Environment Canada         CANADA           H9P1J3