Legal to kill a racoon/opossum to protect pets?

There are some wild racoons and opossums that wander around my city and sometimes go into my backyard where my cats will often relax. Is it legal for me to take action and shoot the damn vermins so they don't hurt my pets?Legal to kill a racoon/opossum to protect pets?
You cannot open fire within city limits just for some animal in your yard. If too many people did that a stray bullet could hit anybody, even you. Get a wildlife trapper to help with the problem or get some live traps since poison or snap traps could kill your cats instead. Legal to kill a racoon/opossum to protect pets?
Please do not harm opossums or raccoons in any way. These animals are indigenous to the area, and are located all over California. My research shows that opossums, as the only living marsupial in CA (carry young in pouch), are protected. They are shy and completely harmless to any living creature

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There's no reason to kill them. I take care of a feral cat colony and the coons, skunks, opossums, etc all come up to eat and drink as well. They all get a long...while the skunk likes to threaten to spray everyone if they don't let him get to the food immediatly lol but no one's actually gotten into fights.





You dont' need to kill them and if you're in city limits, it's likely illegal.
ILLEGAL and WRONG.





Call the local police department and ask them for a local animal shelter/help place. Tell them you have raccoons and possums and need help getting them away from your house because you fear your animals will get hurt, or you. They will normally respond by coming out and setting traps and then moving them to a safe location for you and them.
Just shoot your gun into your back yard and see if one of your neighbors doesn't call the cops on you and have you arrested, try your local animal control, there is a number for it in the phone book
its illegal to harm any animal weither its domestic or wild. call animal control and they'll relocate the animal for free. you dont want to kill some babies mom. btw indoor cats live longer than outdoor ones.
Instead of killing them, why not call a wildlife worker and transport them to a area like a forest so they don't become pests anymore?
try calling animal control. it sounds wrong and you might even shoot something you weren't aiming for.

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