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[00:01.63] Shiloh: So you guys don't have larger animals but you still have smaller ones like possums and raccoons.

[00:06.63] Do they cause problems? I know they're a nuisance for the garbage and things like that.

[00:10.38] Adria: Yeah, actually, even though I live in kind of a suburban kind of area, raccoons and possums are quite a problem, and they actually can kill cats, like your pet cat.

[00:20.13] And my cat actually had to get rabies shot, because she was attacked by a raccoon.

[00:26.13] And sometimes, you know, they do get through your trash, which is, first of all, gross,

[00:32.13] and it's kind of scary when you go to take out the trash and then there are big eyes looking back at you.

[00:35.88] Shiloh: Yeah, I can see that.

[00:37.38] Adria: Yeah. So what about wolves and coyotes?

[00:40.13] You mentioned mountain lions, but what about these other animals?

[00:42.13] Shiloh: Oh, we have a ton of coyotes, and it's kind of cool.

[00:44.63] I love laying in bed at night, listening to the coyote's howl.

[00:47.63] It's kind of eerie. My dogs don't like it; my dogs go crazy at night.

[00:50.88] We don't have wolves where I'm from, but the government has initiated a program to put them back in Ontario,

[00:58.38] because they were originally there, and they were killed out by the farmers and the ranchers in the area 150 years ago.

[01:06.38] But now, they're meeting a lot of opposition from the same farmers and ranchers,

[01:11.63] because wolves are aggressive and they do cause a lot of damage to cattle herds.

[01:15.88] But the coyotes don't cause a problem.

[01:18.13] You might hit one in a car on the road occasionally and people get hurt in car accidents because they'll hit coyotes,

[01:23.13] and they might steal cats and dogs, small cats and dogs, but other than that, people enjoy coyotes because it's kind of a little sense of the wild in the city.

[01:32.63] It's kind of nice.

[01:33.63] Adria: So, what about like getting rid of the wolves? You said that some farmers had opposition to it.

[01:39.13] Do you agree that they should be allowed to shoot them?

[01:41.13] Shiloh: I think that farmers should have the ability to kill a wolf if they see the wolf killing their animals or molesting their animals.

[01:48.88] I think that if a wolf pack kills an animal and the farmer is not there at the time,

[01:53.64] or the rancher is not there, the farmer shouldn't have the right to go out and hunt the wolf and kill him.

[01:59.13] I think if he sees the action taking place, he can kill the wolf because it's causing damage to him.

[02:04.64] But otherwise, I think they're wolves, they need to eat. Leave them alone, as long as they're not causing too much damage.

[02:10.13] It's better to have a natural species there than one cow that's going to be eaten.