berly
03-11-02, 09:11PM
I was watching the news at my parents' house this evening. Relatives from Pennsylvania are visiting. They adore the "California news". *berly shrugs*
I don't watch it normally. I forgot why...until tonight. There was a story about homeowners getting all upset about cyotes "getting too close to the property." They were having a meeting about it, and want authorities to trap and get rid of the dogs somehow.
These were homes in an area that bumps up against the dogs' natural home. You know, the home we made smaller by building houses on? They are high ticket domiciles.
Two things angered me about this. One was a father on the screen purporting to be upset about the dogs because "a child could be killed by one of these beasts..." Now, I don't have children - so perhaps I'm out of line. It just seems to me that there are more pressing dangers to children than a couple of cyotes. If you teach your children what to do, if you watch them closely, hopefully they stay out of danger. I realize this isn't always possible - but something about this man just bothered me.
I think it is the fact that we build all over natural habitats and expect the animals to just "go away." Where the hell are they supposed to go? Do these same people go camping in the mountains and call the sheriff if a squirrel hops by? I mean, squirrels are rabid and "beastly" too, if we want to get all hyper about it.
Call me wacky, but if you build in the mountainy/hilly areas - you should maybe expect some mountainy/hilly beasts to be left over. I'm not a tree hugger, I just want people to be reasonable and stop wasting time and money on something as silly as a couple of cyotes. bleh.
I don't watch it normally. I forgot why...until tonight. There was a story about homeowners getting all upset about cyotes "getting too close to the property." They were having a meeting about it, and want authorities to trap and get rid of the dogs somehow.
These were homes in an area that bumps up against the dogs' natural home. You know, the home we made smaller by building houses on? They are high ticket domiciles.
Two things angered me about this. One was a father on the screen purporting to be upset about the dogs because "a child could be killed by one of these beasts..." Now, I don't have children - so perhaps I'm out of line. It just seems to me that there are more pressing dangers to children than a couple of cyotes. If you teach your children what to do, if you watch them closely, hopefully they stay out of danger. I realize this isn't always possible - but something about this man just bothered me.
I think it is the fact that we build all over natural habitats and expect the animals to just "go away." Where the hell are they supposed to go? Do these same people go camping in the mountains and call the sheriff if a squirrel hops by? I mean, squirrels are rabid and "beastly" too, if we want to get all hyper about it.
Call me wacky, but if you build in the mountainy/hilly areas - you should maybe expect some mountainy/hilly beasts to be left over. I'm not a tree hugger, I just want people to be reasonable and stop wasting time and money on something as silly as a couple of cyotes. bleh.