Oh darn! I thought this was a thread where the nefarious criminality of animals was finally going to be exposed. I was going to copy it and show it to some local squirrels that have consumed my pear tree's output for two years running. Hoping that a thread that condems such behavior would at least turn them from MY pear tree to that of my neighbor's.

Yes, yes, yes! High emotional content indeed. That's what happens when one anthropomorphizes. Animal rights. Vegetable rights. Mineral rights (no, wait a minute, doesn't that deal with real estate?). It makes a mockery of HUMAN rights. It is very silly as well!

CB