Former Maine cops get jail time for killing porcupines

RetiredUSN said:

A buddy and I were walking down a road in Rumford Me. one day back in the mid 70's and we came up on a house where a guy was trying to beat on a porcupine who was half way under his front steps using a steel garden rake. My buddy wanted to beat the shit out of the guy and it was all I could do to keep him off the guy.

We finally convinced the guy to him stop hurting the poor thing and we promised to relocate it. My friend ran home and got a fishing net and a apple crate. It took us about 30 minutes to get him in the net, and then we found the his right front paw was really mangled.

He ended up keeping the Porcupine as a pet and named him "tripod" because the paw never healed right. The thing got around pretty good on 3 legs and he kept it for about 12 years before it died from old age. I couldn't believe how lovable and domesticated Tripod was. He was spoiled rotten and would raise hell when ever it was feeding time, or he would just want some attention and sit there gibbering away at everyone's feet.

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MaryP said:

Nice story! I bet you didn't pet him much, though.

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RetiredUSN said:

Go to youtube and watch how they carry on with people. They jabber on like there's no tomorrow, and their sounds change when they want something, and want it now!

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