Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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Being realistic.
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And I pointed out that the state has declared year around open season on shooting or trapping coyotes, either day or night, which is rather extreme. Your post implied that spending more money or making a greater effort would be effective in "slowing their growth down." The state cites studies that show that efforts to remove coyotes from a particular area results in coyotes having larger litters of pups to fill the void. So, I suggest that the state is not being "cheap" or "lazy" in the matter of coyotes; just realistic. When the coyote population in the area of The Villages gets to the point that available prey diminishes, so will the coyote population. In the meantime, free roaming pets are at risk.
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it appears one of those critters had a feast of rabbit on the 9th hole on Becall
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Is garbage handling an issue?
In considering the problem of the growth of the coyote population in The Villages a question occurred to me. Note that this is only a question, not a suggestion that this is a solution.
I'm wondering how many plastic bags of garbage are being torn open by animals prior to pick up by the garbage trucks. If this is becoming a wide spread problem, perhaps it is related to the coyote problem. There are three possible scenarios: 1. Coyotes are omnivorous. They may be tearing open the plastic garbage bags lying at the street awaiting pickup either for meat or for vegetable contents. The large quantity of food available from this source could eventually lead to a very large coyote population in The Villages. 2. Other smaller animals, such as rats, squirrels, raccoons, opossums, and others, may be getting into the garbage, which allows their numbers to grow, providing more prey for the growing coyote population in The Villages. 3. Both 1 and 2, above, are true. It would be interesting if data could be gathered to determine if there is a widespread problem with garbage bags being torn open prior to pickup. If this is a problem, it may provide a clue to the increase in the local coyote population. IF this were to be determined to be a factor in the rise of the coyote population, a possible solution would be to require all garbage to be in closed, hard plastic trash cans. This is the practice in Tampa, where these cans are designed to be picked up and dumped into a trash truck with an automated system which is a part of the truck. In Tampa, the cans are provided by the local government, and separate cans are provided for trash and for recyclable items. .
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In nine years, the only time one of our bags was torn open was when broken grates from the barbecue grill were put in the garbage bag. The grease/meat smell must have been particularly appetizing.
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The pack of coyotes live right behind my house on Lake Miona, they were here earlier in the year then left somewhere but I can hear them almost every night at dusk just a few yards behind my house. A week ago I spotted a pack of four in the middle of the day catching mice or rats in the long grass between the house and the lake and was able to take a picture but rushed to the lanai to bring my cats in.
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This video shows how they adapt to their surroundings in busy areas.
Coyotes in Chicago Habitat | Meet The Coywolf | Nature on PBS - YouTube Sent from my VS995 using Tapatalk |
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Saw one in Dunedin this morning. He was walking down a golf cart path.
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At personal level, I don't think ripped open plastic trash bags needs to be a widespread problem. As long as there is some of this happening, and there is, it warrants having the trash cans you describe and show. Regardless of the fact that so many people are against trash receptacles because they don't want to be bothered with them, it is the only solution that makes sense, particularly to solve the "critter" problem. Waste Management provides the type of can you have shown. Unfortunately, we do not have Waste Management. I believe the reason we don't have that type of trash can and recycling can is because the developer doesn't want to go to the expense of providing them. No -- instead residents have to go to the expense of buying trash bags which only adds to the millions of bags that don't disintegrate in the landfills. HenryK -- Good for you! You are one of the few who doesn't throw garbage in with your trash. I do a similar thing that you do. I save up Chicken bones in the freezer until I have enough and when I do I pressure cook them. When they are soft, I put them in a blender to pulverize them and then add it to our dogs' food. I also have a compost bin for vegetable and plant remains. I wish more people cared about our environment, but alas -- they don't because it's usually too much of a bother.
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I agree with the trash can issue, but a problem is that the garages in TV homes are too narrow to accommodate them. We would have to do some additional landscaping in order to keep them at the side of the house--which we would be happy to do, BTW.
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Perhaps the current method is least cost?
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Regarding coyotes, when we were down in September, we spotted one in the vicinity of the Villages of Sanibel/Charlotte. As we rounded a bend in our golf cart, we realized that it appeared to be tracking a couple of women who were walking their small dogs. We rushed up to alert them. They said they were aware and frightened. We escorted them home hoping the golf cart noise would keep the coyote away. Fortunately, they got home safely with their dogs. I said to my husband, instead of being on community watch, we were on coyote watch that night! |
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