Im anti suffering and everyone is trying to survive and this girl lost today.
She's been a nuisance killing my chickens and ducks.
She would literally eat them alive starting from the leg.

Do the nipples signify she was feeding?
Should I look for kits nearby where she lost?

I would take the kits to a rescue or something. But it wouldn't be right to let them just cry and starve for days.

Op, I know more about poultry but if I had to guess I'm thinking those nipples are used and I should probably check.

>>5018555 (OP)
Yeah, she was almost certainly nursing.
The odds you'll find her kits are pretty low.

I think they will be fine.

>>5018836
I looked for about 2 or 3 hours. I didn't find anything.
I let the my LSGD out in hopes it would run back to where she left the kits if she had any.
Nothing.
I'm sitting up now where I killed her and I don't hear any whining or screaming and this would be around hour 20.
>>5018912
What do you mean? I know its late season for kits and the first time I caught her I let her go after making the space "uncomfortable". It was prime time for babies and rather than killing her I just sprayed her with a hose and let my dog bark at her for 5 minutes and let her go hoping it would deter her.


Ain't the kits fault and I rather the kits grow up in a rehab or something rather than starve to death or be predated on slowly. Raccoons are cute when they arnt cruel.

>>5018836
I'm hoping it's late enough in the season they were outside the den if she had any. But I ain't finding anything even walking a bit into the woods.

Raccoons are crepuscular toward the beginning of autumn, check in the very early mornings or even late at night, 2-4am. I doubt you're going to find anything and I hope it doesn't weigh too greatly on your conscience, nobody's perfect and I'm sure you thought you were doing the best thing to ease suffering in the area.

>>5019019
As long as I try to do the right thing I can sleep at night. This isn't the first predator with too much "game".

I'll run my dog in the woods one more time today and probably be done with it.
Im just not a cruel person and I Would lose sleep if I didn't atleast give it a once over.

Even though they are asshole they are just trying to eat too and something something something morale philosophy about cruelty and killing without reason.

I appreciate it. I'll be good.

>>5019019
Had the same situation happen once with a fox and my dog ended up leading me to the den. We Ed some wildlife number we found online and some guy came and got them.

It's why I devoted the time. I got kids too. And blah blah blah post above.

>>5018555 (OP)
Shitcoons are evil and have no concept of boundaries so this was deserved. One less pest in the world.

>>5019125
Eh. She was just trying to survive bro.
If I shot ever tresspasser who didn't respect boundaries I'd have hundreds of young dead campers.