Baby skunks are being killed in the neighborhood

For a number of years we have been receiving visits of a mother skunk and her babies.  Recently neighbors have been hiring pest control companies to capture and kill the skunks, including their babies.  Apparently there is a Connecticut statute that allows residents to capture and kill skunks and their babies:  the law dates back to the early 1980s when there was a rabies scare.

A previous neighbor of mine once captured about fifty squirrels over the course of a summer and drowned them simply because he did not want them coming in his yard.  Now a neighbor is trapping and having skunks killed.

Once upon a time these yards were their territories.  We built our houses here and invaded their natural habitat.  We have built so many roads and neighborhoods, robbing their natural habitats.  Is it too much to allow them to come into our yards at night and eat grubs?  What harm is there from allowing them to visit at night?

What's next?  Trapping and killing stray cats?  Or trapping baby bunnies and euthanizing them, too?  Or killing pigeons because they poop on cars?  Are we all that insensitive to wildlife?  Are not all of these creatures God's creatures?  Or are we the only life allowed to live on this planet?

Isn't the world big enough for all of us to share a little space with all of our "neighbors", including these poor little creatures?  Do we have to destroy all of nature in our communities?

Here is a picture of a baby skunk.  Do you want to kill these poor little guys, too?