Ok, let me get this straight, this is NOT a joke????????? When I first read this thread, I thought it was a sort of inside joke for some cachers in a certain area, now, if I read it right, there are actually people putting LIVE ANIMALS in caches????????? That is disgusting, not to mention cruel, inhuman, immature, nasty, and a whole bunch more words that I won’t use in case there are kids reading it.
Understand that I am not some bleeding heart berkenstock and granola person, but the cruelty (and that’s the only word to describe putting a small animal in airtight container) for the sake of amusement is something I cannot abide! If any of you really think this is justifiable, send me an e-mail, I will be glad to come over to your house and stuff you in your dryer and leave you there for a couple of days, that should be about the same.
And to save you all the trouble, yes I know my finds/hides are 0/0, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t have an opinion! I would have hoped that the Admins of this otherwise really good site would have deleted this thread long ago. If I were to take my Scout group out on another caching trip (BTW they log the finds under their own name) and came across a dead animal, I am sure that there would be more than one upset child.
One charming respondant seems to think it’s ok because they only go in new caches, or if they are found in a day or two. Can I lock up your child in a closet for a day or two? As long as it’s a new closet of course/?????
Let’s think a little people, I realize that there can’t be that many people involved, but this sort of thing (aside from being totally illegal) is going to give this activity a VERY bad name if it gets out. How many of you would like to find your dog stuffed into a small, airtight container????
If it is all a joke, well, I’m sorry for the rant. Most of it looks like it’s done in humor, but several of the replies seem very serious.