nieghbors skunks

[PayrollHRGuy]

This is out in the country in Idaho and it doesn't sound like the neighbor is intentionally breeding them. There is nothing any state or county agency will do about it.

Sounds to me like the OP needs to purchase a good .22.

 

[LdiJ]

This is out in the country in Idaho and it doesn't sound like the neighbor is intentionally breading them. There is nothing any state or county agency will do about it.

Sounds to me like the OP needs to purchase a good .22.

Or keep his dog in his own yard...why should wild animals have to die just to protect his dog from getting sprayed?

 

[xylene]

This is out in the country in Idaho and it doesn't sound like the neighbor is intentionally breading them. There is nothing any state or county agency will do about it.

Sounds to me like the OP needs to purchase a good .22.

Umm, OP said Main St, in a city.

So 1: I don't think it is quite that rural

2: Even in Idaho, I'm pretty sure discharging a firearm in city limits is a no-no, at least without some legal clearance.

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

1 I misread one of his follow up posts.
2 Maybe not.

TITLE 18
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
CHAPTER 33
FIREARMS, EXPLOSIVES AND OTHER DEADLY WEAPONS
18-3302J. PREEMPTION OF FIREARMS REGULATION. (1) The legislature finds that uniform laws regulating firearms are necessary to protect the individual citizen’s right to bear arms guaranteed by amendment 2 of the United States Constitution and section 11, article I of the constitution of the state of Idaho. It is the legislature’s intent to wholly occupy the field of firearms regulation within this state.
(2) Except as expressly authorized by state statute, no county, city, agency, board or any other political subdivision of this state may adopt or enforce any law, rule, regulation, or ordinance which regulates in any manner the sale, acquisition, transfer, ownership, possession, transportation, carrying or storage of firearms or any element relating to firearms and components thereof, including ammunition.
(3) A county may adopt ordinances to regulate, restrict or prohibit the discharge of firearms within its boundaries. Ordinances adopted under this subsection may not apply to or affect:
(a) A person discharging a firearm in the lawful defense of person or persons or property;
(b) A person discharging a firearm in the course of lawful hunting;
(c) A landowner and guests of the landowner discharging a firearm, when the discharge will not endanger persons or property;
(d) A person lawfully discharging a firearm on a sport shooting range as defined in section 55-2604, Idaho Code; or
(e) A person discharging a firearm in the course of target shooting on public land if the discharge will not endanger persons or property.
(4) A city may adopt ordinances to regulate, restrict or prohibit the discharge of firearms within its boundaries. Ordinances adopted under this subsection may not apply to or affect:
(a) A person discharging a firearm in the lawful defense of person or persons or property; or
(b) A person lawfully discharging a firearm on a sport shooting range as defined in section 55-2604, Idaho Code.
(5) This section shall not be construed to affect:
(a) The authority of the department of fish and game to make rules or regulations concerning the management of any wildlife of this state, as set forth in section 36-104, Idaho Code; and
(b) The authority of counties and cities to regulate the location and construction of sport shooting ranges, subject to the limitations contained in chapter 26, title 55, Idaho Code.
(6) The provisions of this section are hereby declared to be severable. And if any provision is declared invalid for any reason, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this section.
History:
[18-3302J, added 2008, ch. 304, sec. 2, p. 845; am. 2014, ch. 73, sec. 3, p. 189.]

 

[xylene]

I stand by that the OP can't just post up and shoot skunks

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

I agree but he may have a defense. He could though get a bow or cross bow and have at them if they are damaging his property.

 

[LdiJ]

I agree but he may have a defense. He could though get a bow or cross bow and have at them if they are damaging his property.

I still disagree with you. I think we are wrong to encourage anyone to shoot at wildlife in a residential area. Its too dangerous even with a crossbow.

 

[not2cleverRed]

Umm, OP said Main St, in a city.

So 1: I don't think it is quite that rural

2: Even in Idaho, I'm pretty sure discharging a firearm in city limits is a no-no, at least without some legal clearance.

That was in the first post. Then in a subsequent post said small town Idaho:

small town in Idaho-wild skunks breeding under sheds-junk piles-one got in my garage dog been sprayed many times

Technically, I live in a suburb of NYC, even though I'm over 50 miles away from the 5 boroughs. It does not resemble what I think of as a metropolitan area, having grown up in the Boston I-95 loop.

Or keep his dog in his own yard...why should wild animals have to die just to protect his dog from getting sprayed?

The skunk went in OP's garage. Although the skunks are living/breeding at the neighbors, as wild animals they are not pets and have a range that can be quite a distance from their "home base".

It sounds like these skunks are aggressive if they are coming out in broad daylight and spraying OP's dog.

However, OP still doesn't have a lawsuit.

I have a similar problem where I live. I cannot get anyone to do anything about our animal problems. Someone let loose giant rabbits. Because they aren't dogs or cats, I can get no local help. Ditto when we had the gang of raccoons 2 summers ago - my neighbor found 5 (!) in her chicken coop one day. (Thankfully the hens were outside.) The town privatized the animal shelter, so there is no animal control, the police will do nothing unless maybe if they're rabid and bite someone, she doesn't have a gun, I don't have a gun, the gun and crossbow toting neighbors don't want to get involved, and why should my elderly disabled neighbor have to pay for "humane removal" (<-- that's all that's available) of animals that are threats to her pets? There's only so much an elderly woman with MS can do, armed only with a garden hoe! Even the Jehovah's Witnesses are having to take things into their own hands - one of them killed 5 in her yard, practically within eyeshot of the police station.

So, in short, I feel OP's pain. But he does not have the elements of a lawsuit. He may just have to set up traps on his own to remove the trespassers, or hire someone to relocate them. About the only thing I can see here is *maybe* a code violation, depending on his municipality's codes.

 

[not2cleverRed]

I stand by that the OP can't just post up and shoot skunks

How about Havahart trap and then suffocate/gas them? Or drowning?

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

Or keep his dog in his own yard...why should wild animals have to die just to protect his dog from getting sprayed?

Do you have a problem killing mice as well? Skunks are a much bigger problem especially if they are breeding next door.

 

[quincy]

... Skunks are a much bigger problem especially if they are breading...

... it doesn't sound like the neighbor is intentionally breading them... .

It might be all that bread that is attracting the skunks.

Skunks actually can be pretty helpful little critters, keeping more destructive pests from causing damage to property. If they smelled better, they probably would be a welcome visitor.

 

[not2cleverRed]

Maybe OP should bread the skunks.

How to cook skunk

 

[Zigner]

mmmmmm.....skunk.

 

[Zigner]

(said no-one ever)

 

[PayrollHRGuy]

Breaded farm bred skunks. The meat of tomorrow.

I hate autocorrect.