The short answer is no because the odds on you actually getting the Norwalk animal you're after if you have no expertise in what you're doing a very slim, whereas the odds on you poisoning either one of your own pets or the neighbors pets, or even making a young child quite ill are much higher. Also in a lot of jurisdictions poisons are illegal, especially when used against protected wildlife species. The third consideration you must take into account is that 75% of poison animals do not die, they just get sick for a few days and then recover.



Most Connecticut animal control centers will tell you that you never ever ever should use poison baits just dropped around your backyard or even in your attic because you just have no control over what animal picks up the bait after you drop it and walk away. In a few places there are official poisoning campaigns directed at particular species, the most common two targets are wild or feral dogs and wild cats as both of these two cause significant damage to the wildlife population. A lot of people think that if one of these campaigns is in operation then that gives them free license to use poisons, it doesn't, it doesn't actually change anything in regards to an amateur dropping poison baits around the place. In a lot of neighborhoods if you go and ask a couple of people they will tell you which neither is called “the pet poisoner”, and there usually is one.

The other thing about trying to poison wild Norwalk animals is a lot of them will smell the bait, may even bury the bait but will not eat it, and if that occurs and for discussion sake, it was a raccoon that smelled the bait and then left it then you could almost bet money that every other raccoon in the area will do the same thing because they are more likely all the same family members who are toward the same things by their mothers.

Another thing to consider if you're going to attempt to poison a wild Connecticut animal is that under federal law there are almost no poisons available to nonprofessionals that are sanctioned. There are many different ways of dealing with problem wild animals without necessarily having to kill the animal, most animals even if they are living around humans have a healthy fear of us and our pets so they can be driven away usually quite successfully as long as you pick your moment.

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