I understood that, and I didn’t take your comment negatively. Sorry if I phrased mine such that you think I did. My point is only that at the industrial scale,

I understood that, and I didn’t take your comment negatively. Sorry if I phrased mine such that you think I did. My point is only that at the industrial scale, raccoons are a non-issue. The cages that keep the chickens in probably do a fine job keeping the raccoons out. Those of us muddling along with our backyard flocks with the intention of not supporting the industrial raising of chickens are the ones dealing with random predators. You’re right that at a species level it looks ironic. Looking at it at an individual level, I think, revolves the irony.