Re: Rats and Alligators
It is difficult to be nature lovers when buying into a huge
housing development that clear-cuts trees and bulldozes hundreds of acres of land, disturbing the natural ecology of an area. I feel sorry that the alligator had to be killed, but the developer makes that decision vs. trapping. You know this must be happening on the golf courses as well.
There are developments that try to take the opposite tack by limiting the number of houses, keeping the trees and not disturbing the wildlife. They have park-like settings, and there is much more natural beauty there.
These ponds are also a haven for a wide variety of beautiful birds, which end up being food for the alligators. When one is in a pond the birds disappear or have become lunch.
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