Do you kill snakes you find in your yard?

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Deer, squirrels and turkeys crossing the road is a REAL threat too. So are any wild animals.

Agreed. With a deer - it's a bad situation for both deer and passengers especially in icy roads, you do the best you can. Squirrels and turkeys crossing an icy road will be run over. Because, the first thing that will go through my head in that split second before impact is not, "Oh no! The squirrel is gonna get hurt!" but rather, "Oh no! My kids are gonna get hurt!".

Mosquitos are real threat, they spread malaria.

You wear mosquito repellant. And even then, if a mosquito lands on you, you might shoo it away, but if it lands on me or my kids, he gets swatted.

Birds spread around the asian flu. Cows make us mad!

If left up to you, you might relocate a mad cow or a flu bird. But if it was left up to me, mad cows and flu birds get killed.

Sure sounds like everyone here believes that if the animal can kill you, it should be killed. Is that why all the big warm blooded carnivores are either gone, or in severe decline?

I think you misunderstood this one. Nobody believes that. Otherwise, you'll see people raiding the forests or everywhere looking for "animals that can kill you" and shooting them all down.

I'm not a peta advocate in disguise, but I still don't see a reason to kill any animal because you came across it and it might hurt you or your wee little kittens.

I will say that over and over, no matter how often you bring up the "kids are in danger and always come first" bull hooky. I will remain stubborn on that fact, because someone has to.

We will have to agree to disagree. Okay, let's put this another way. Some strange aggressive guy comes into my house and puts my kids in danger. Maybe if he goes inside your house you will try to "relocate" him. Sorry, but if he comes into my house, he is going to get shot. I guess that's where we differ.