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Hello,
I recently got into an online discussion with someone who shoots squirrels in his yard with pellet guns. From all appearances, it's target practice for him, and he basically claimed that he's killed numerous squirrels by shooting them with pellets.
I started to make the argument that it could be considered Animal Cruelty for him to kill or maim the animals with a pellet gun. But upon looking up the laws in Maine, it said that "rodents" are exempt from many Animal Cruelty provisions - presumably to keep people from getting in trouble for poisoning rats or having mice in glue traps. The hunting season for squirrels is relatively narrow (two months, I think).
Does that mean this guy is within his legal right to simply shoot these animals as though his property is a living shooting gallery?
I understand that certain loopholes might protect him, but I have a hard time swallowing that idea.
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I recently got into an online discussion with someone who shoots squirrels in his yard with pellet guns. From all appearances, it's target practice for him, and he basically claimed that he's killed numerous squirrels by shooting them with pellets.
I started to make the argument that it could be considered Animal Cruelty for him to kill or maim the animals with a pellet gun. But upon looking up the laws in Maine, it said that "rodents" are exempt from many Animal Cruelty provisions - presumably to keep people from getting in trouble for poisoning rats or having mice in glue traps. The hunting season for squirrels is relatively narrow (two months, I think).
Does that mean this guy is within his legal right to simply shoot these animals as though his property is a living shooting gallery?
I understand that certain loopholes might protect him, but I have a hard time swallowing that idea.
.