I have a mountain feist (a type of dog bred in the Appalachians for hunting small game). She responds rather strongly to the presence of wild animals (dinner time!). When we first moved to South Fernandina (on the edge of the desert), she regularly would get her hackles up during late evening walks. She still does from time to time. (No, she doesn't tell me what she's thinking about for her midnight snack.)
The point is that this part of TV was range land until very recently. All kinds of critters lived here. Some still do. Unlike the Disney channel or Animal Planet, some of them would be happy to eat you for dinner. Like the nature preserves? The price for having them is that nature lives there including animals you may not really want as neighbors.
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