Not until something is an "irritation" in their world do many people resort to the only viable solution.
Same with my wife..... "Noooooo, don't kill that cute raccoon - they don't hurt anything!". Yeah, uh huh.
Until they ate a hole in her chicken feed cans and she subsequently learned they kill chickens....
THEN it was, "Would you PLEASE kill those raccoons - they ate my chicken feed and they're gonna kill my hens?!?".
That was a nice payoff! Couple 12ga shells later, problem solved and a nice evening w/ the Mrs.
