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My mother and her husband are in town and staying with us; otherwise I'd be all over this thread.
For now, let me just say that I absolutely believe the trappers when they say that they didn't kill the cats. I fully understand others' skepticism; however, I honestly believe these guys are telling the truth. For one thing, they just don't seem capable. I don't mean this in a bad way, but they aren't the savviest group of boys out there. The area in which this community is located is economically depressed and none of these guys even graduated high school. Of course, that has nothing to do with their ability to kill, but in a heated moment when I accused them of "murdering my cats" the look that came over all of their faces was very telling. The thing, too, is that they really thought that as trappers they were supposed to kill them. They thought "removal" was tantamount to "killing." They believed that they were getting over on the folks who hired them by just relocating the cats. Plus, the only other removal job they had was a mother raccoon and her two babies, and all three of those raccoons are living in one of the trapper's garages. I've seen them firsthand.
I've been lied to a lot in my life. I've worked as an apartment manager ("I had to pay for a funeral; that's why I don't have my rent") and a college instructor/professor ("I had to go to a funeral; that's why I don't have my assignment") so I've become pretty savvy about who's telling the truth and who isn't. Are these guys angels? No, they're utter morons and after this I want nothing more to do with them. But their lives are hard enough as it is. I just don't feel right making them even harder with criminal charges. But if I had even the slightest doubt that they did actually kill my colony then forget about it. There would be flashing lights everywhere and I would ragging the law's butt to throw the book at them. But none of these guys have an arrest record for anything, not even a speeding ticket.
As punishment I'm thinking twenty hours of community service per cat and there were eight cats so that's one-hundred-sixty hours for each moron. I'm thinking of only allowing four months to complete it so that's forty hours per month which seems immensely doable to me, no? Especially if you don't have a job.
Also, for those asking . . . Unfortunately there were no cameras that extend to the areas in question. I have, however, purchased three trail cameras which we are going to put out in hopes of capturing photos of colony members. I'd hire a plane to fly overhead but the dense forest foliage makes it impossible to see any animal life on the ground.
Volunteers from the apartments have been out today with food and straw from the beds where the colony slept. We're still hopeful that they will make their way home.
Thank you all again. You are such a fantastic group. I don't know what I would have done without you.
For now, let me just say that I absolutely believe the trappers when they say that they didn't kill the cats. I fully understand others' skepticism; however, I honestly believe these guys are telling the truth. For one thing, they just don't seem capable. I don't mean this in a bad way, but they aren't the savviest group of boys out there. The area in which this community is located is economically depressed and none of these guys even graduated high school. Of course, that has nothing to do with their ability to kill, but in a heated moment when I accused them of "murdering my cats" the look that came over all of their faces was very telling. The thing, too, is that they really thought that as trappers they were supposed to kill them. They thought "removal" was tantamount to "killing." They believed that they were getting over on the folks who hired them by just relocating the cats. Plus, the only other removal job they had was a mother raccoon and her two babies, and all three of those raccoons are living in one of the trapper's garages. I've seen them firsthand.
I've been lied to a lot in my life. I've worked as an apartment manager ("I had to pay for a funeral; that's why I don't have my rent") and a college instructor/professor ("I had to go to a funeral; that's why I don't have my assignment") so I've become pretty savvy about who's telling the truth and who isn't. Are these guys angels? No, they're utter morons and after this I want nothing more to do with them. But their lives are hard enough as it is. I just don't feel right making them even harder with criminal charges. But if I had even the slightest doubt that they did actually kill my colony then forget about it. There would be flashing lights everywhere and I would ragging the law's butt to throw the book at them. But none of these guys have an arrest record for anything, not even a speeding ticket.
As punishment I'm thinking twenty hours of community service per cat and there were eight cats so that's one-hundred-sixty hours for each moron. I'm thinking of only allowing four months to complete it so that's forty hours per month which seems immensely doable to me, no? Especially if you don't have a job.
Also, for those asking . . . Unfortunately there were no cameras that extend to the areas in question. I have, however, purchased three trail cameras which we are going to put out in hopes of capturing photos of colony members. I'd hire a plane to fly overhead but the dense forest foliage makes it impossible to see any animal life on the ground.
Volunteers from the apartments have been out today with food and straw from the beds where the colony slept. We're still hopeful that they will make their way home.
Thank you all again. You are such a fantastic group. I don't know what I would have done without you.
if this will help. Our shelter gets people who were sentenced to 80 - 100 community service hours for stuff like DUI, fare dodging, shoplifting, fraud (usually something like signing a contract for a smartphone, then not paying); generally they have 3 - 6 months to complete their hours, though most fulfill the hours in 4 - 6 weeks. 
That is good reason to celebrate!!! What wonderful news to wake up to! 
