Dear Editor:
I just read your article, “Coyotes sighted in Plant City.” I find it disturbing that one of the first solutions to a lot of people is to kill the animal. I have to agree with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Angeline Scotten that the animals are here to stay and that we have learned to live alongside with bears, panthers and other animals. In other words, You cannot stop nature.
I am not saying that we should not watch our children. My children always came first. But, you cannot completely control all of the animal population everywhere, every time. Nature needs to continue on living — for the sake of our precious environment. If we keep killing animals just because they are wild, we will end destroying the environment for animals and people.
I hope these people find a more humane solution to the coyote “problem.” I would like to see the animals possibly trapped in a humane way and relocated. This certainly will not stop them from coming back, though. I live in Walden Lake, and I know we are surrounded by many different animals. I have seen alligators, snakes, possum, armadillos and vultures, and the list goes on. We do not have a “problem” with any of them. I know they are there, and we just live our lives and do not have any worries about them, because it is impossible to kill everything. We cannot be paranoid of every animal that we see. Nine times out of 10, they are more afraid of you than you are of them.
I just wanted to share my opinion on this story.
Donna Curci
Walden Lake