I wanted to teach my kids about wild animals so we raised a baby raccoon, and when he was old enough, we let him go. No problem, right?
A. Let’s think about this one. You’ve raised a “nuisance” animal to feel comfortable with humans, and you’ve taught him that humans will feed him. Meanwhile, you didn’t teach him anything about surviving in the wild. So he goes in search of humans to feed him, and doesn’t understand why they throw things at him, or take pot-shots with Junior’s bb gun. Think your kids will be o.k. with that? Q. What do you think about celebrities like Paris Hilton, with those little dogs in their purses? A. I think there should be laws against making dogs listen to club music. Q. Hey Critter Lady, we want to take our kids down to the pond and let them feed those big white ducks. Can we give the ducks bread, or what? A. Bread, pretzels, potato chips – all that junk food is really bad for critters. Ducks, especially, tend to fill up on it, and then they don’t have room left for what’s good for them. If they do enough of that, they can die from malnutrition. If you really want to help the ducks, you can fe
