They got to live somewhere

It’s not surprising that we are seeing more and more animals trying to live in our neighborhoods. There neighborhoods are gone. Our Western European attitude about nature is to conquer it, harness it or destroy it to get it out of the way.
We used to treat Native American Indians that way. They thought we hated nature. They were right. Lizards start showing up in our houses, as reported by The Wichita Eagle, Apr. 15, 2006, alligators end up in swimming pools, since they take up the space they used to hunt for fish and Coyotes are coming into towns to eat out of garbage cans and they eat small pets, such as cats and dogs. Coyotes are not dumb. They have survived against man’s onslaught for many years now. Why should they volunteer to die off now?


So as we build our monotonous looking specious homes, with dead sterile yards that take from nature and put nothing back, don’t be surprised when the smarter animals come for a visit. They have to live here also. They don’t usually choose to die off for our advantage. There are only so many resources we can take from this world and expect it to survive. Global warning should be a wake up call that we need to change our ways. The same thing goes for the “peak oil” controversy. If we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves.