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Originally Posted by MDLNB
Alligators here before us? So? Trees were here also but we cut them down and use them. Poor trees. We are here now and we are the top of the food chain. Sorry about that....not really. If gators are a threat, then we get rid of them. Eat them, make useful products out of them or stuff them.....who cares? We are here now and why should we be concerned about their welfare? Because they look neat? Because the Yankees love to take photos of them to send to their Northern friends and family? Sorry, but humans get the top slot in The Villages. Pets get the second slot and gators can be moved or eaten.
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From a practical point of view, yes, we are at the top of the food chain. But, there is no point in my opinion of wasting species. We never know where they next miracle drug or whatever will come from. I see no point is just killing or moving something just because it is "annoying" some people.
My use of the term "gators were here first" is not meant to say they have priority, it means they are all around, and will, unless completely eradicated, they will show up, and so, people need to be aware that they are living where wild animals are going to show up.
Bears are being seen with increasing frequency in city suburbs where developers have built in the bears normal range. That reduces their food and they go "looking" for more food. Some people leave food out which then attracts more bears and problems happen. Again, my comment was simple we need to be aware of what is here.