Whats That Sound Outside
How would you like to make $100,000 a year by only working thirty hours a week? Just imagine being able to show up at your job around nine o'clock in the morning without any boss getting mad at you for being late. While picking up the keys to your brand new, company truck, you check your messages in order to see what work needs to be done during the day. You head out and make your rounds to the customers that have requested your services, and then return to the office at three 'o clock in the afternoon to pick up your personal vehicle. The rest of the afternoon you are free to spend time with your family, and to complete some odd chores around the house. Many Americans believe that this scenario is too good to be a reality, and that is not possible. However, according to the outdoor magazine Field and Stream, and increasing amount of blue collar workers are leaving their current careers to pursue the American dream of earning a higher income by doing a smaller amount of labor. How are they accomplishing this unimaginable task? They are trapping nuisance racoons. "We've got guys out there making in excess of $100,000 a year nuisance trapping," declares Steve Greene of the National Trappi
Ordway, Bruce. "Racoon Diseases and Parasites." Coonhound Bloodlines Jan. 2000: 98-99. "I woke up one morning around two-thirty in the morning to the sound of my trash cans rolling down the driveway. Since I live out here in the country, I wasn't sure what was chasing season, this could become an everyday occupance. Even though animal activists and other Even though there are numerous advantages to extending the racoon chasing season, some people still advocate that the extension is not needed. Many animal rights activists proclaim that if a year long chase season is adopted the population of racoons would be decreased so much that they would run the risk of becoming endangered. Common sense thinking would lead you to believe their reasoning, but by looking at the evidence it is clear to see that the opposite is happening. There are at least fifteen times more racoons in North America now than in the 1930s(Ordway 110). Before the state of South Carolina adopted a twelve month chasing season they ordered the state game biologist to conduct an extensive study on their racoon population before and after a trial run of the program. The results were staggering. Even though the racoons were being hunted all year, their overall population had increased by four hundred percent. This percentage has not been the exception to the rule either. In states such as Ohio and Minnesota, racoon populations have increased seven hundred to eight hundred percent. If these population growths are not dealt with swiftly, Americans could find themselves in a very compromising position. Maisie, James. Personal Interview. 11 Feb. 2000.
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Approximate Word count = 1463
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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