"I never thought raccoons were as vicious as they were until I looked in my dad’s backyard shed this morning. My father had two runt hens that he kept, generally as a pet and for the occasional egg, and he also has a female cat who had a litter of 4 kittens in a cozy secure spot in the shed.
I was told that a few weeks ago, a raccoon literally broke into the shed and devoured one of the hens. There was nothing left except the head, the two feet, and feathers. This morning they were back. They broke into the shed Again after my father worked to secure every possible spot that could be breached, and practically massacred the last hen, and the four two-week-old kittens. I couldn’t believe it. They didn’t even eat the chicken, nor the kittens. If raccoons are illegal to kill, then there must be a free raccoon-removing service. They can be terrible vicious creatures."