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[CrazyDaisy]

Anyone else seeing the irony of posters complaining about how animals are losing their habitat from their computers in a developed property.  

[January121]

OH NO!!!! .... so sad 😢😪

[Pearlee]

@Mama Wick. Well you chose to build and live there too, so you are as responsible as the others around you for the destruction of the natural habitat. I don't intend this to sound mean but it's fact.

[MamaWick]

@Pearlee...I said as much at the bottom of my post.

[SilleeMee]

@MamaWick 

That is sad. But I thought you lived in or near a wildlife sanctuary?? I must be mistaken.

[Spurt]

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

@golding76, so true.

Loss of their natural habitat is forcing these unfortunate, misplaced animals into our neighborhoods.

This mountain lion has a San Fran suburb on red alert, because it's been seen staring down kids at play! Yeah, things are getting hairy.

This big cat made its way into Timothy Kerrisk's yard in Pacifica, CA last weekend, and he recorded this video of it sitting by his front gate ... seemingly stalking kids who were riding their bikes just across the street.

Kerrisk tells KRON4 he thought it was a dog, like a German Shepherd, at first, but once he realized he was staring at a cougar ... he started shouting for the kids to get inside.

As you can see, the commotion made the big kitty decide to split ... so it jumped the fence and hid under a nearby truck for a bit. Kerrisk says the puma was still looking like it wanted to pounce though ... so he chased it away and over a hill.

Here's the scary part -- Kerrisk says the same mountain lion was going after his cat earlier in the day, then killed a deer behind his neighbor's house.

Cougar attacks on humans are very rare, but 2 people were killed by them in 2018. So ... yikes.

https://www.tmz.com/videos/2020-09-23-092320-mountain-lion-v2-4855660/

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@KingstonsMom 

When we were in a serious drought....in a subdivision in the outlying areas of our city....one kid kept telling his mother there was a "big kitty" at their swimming pool, the mother brushed the kid off thinking he was talking about one of the neighborhood cats, but when she looked out  the window it was a mountain lion drinking out of the pool......

Also, at a public park the Park Rangers closed it after a hiker reported seeing a mountain lion, the park was closed.....The Rangers searched for a couple weeks then rep-opened the park.... 

I was going to work early one morning and saw 2 police cars that had trapped a coyote in the neighborhood area....

And there's a small town called Hollywood Park...they built many subdivisions and homes and basically enclosed the deer population....which became a problem, they air lifted some of the deer and relocated them....but there's still an issue with overpopulation of deer in this area....

I just feel sorry for these animals where humans have taken over and left little for the critters.  Luckily there is an organization called Wildlife Resuce & Rehabilitation that will help relocate these animals to open land.....(and no fear it will be built up in the future since the large acrage was donated to them ).....

[Spurt]

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@sophiesofers wrote:

It is a shame that there is so much greed that the poor animals have to lose their homes. I live in New Jersey and OMG, everywhere you look and see open land or woods, some idiot has decided to sell it and start to build on it. Yeah, like we need another strip mall or more houses in this already densely populated state. 

I have beautiful deer that come into my yard all year.  They have plenty of shrubs and such to eat, and every now and then I put out carrots and treats for them.  You want to hear something funny: I bought a beautiful yellow mum for my front porch last week. Each morning I would find petals from the mum on the ground. At first I didn't think much about it. Then I realized, oh those deer, they like my mum.  So I went out and purchased 2 more mums just for the deer.  LOL, because this way when they finish the one, they will have more to munch on.  I know, I'm crazy, but I can't help myself when it comes to animals.  

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@sophiesofers 

There were a lot of unhappy people in our area---Our Zoning Commissioner took an empty plot of land where people enjoyed beautiful trees and beautiful wild flowers, and approved it for an office building---this area was supposed to be strictly RESIDENTIAL if any building went up at all, but he still approved the office building!!! People were furious....and he tried hard to defend himelf but we didnt buy it....  So a couple of doctor offices moved in to the completed building, they apparently didnt do well and moved out....and there the building has sat a VACANT EYESORE for several years now with a for sale or lease sign on it....so they tore down all those trees and greenry and displaced animals for WHAT!!! 😡

[spiderw]

sofiesafers and spurt

I relate to your anger and disgust over the great loss of land and greedy develpers  buying up everything , building something not necessary and unsightly, filling their bank accounts  and then moving on to the next conquest.

Sofiesafers, I too live at NJ and while I am happy here in general, I do agree with you.  Many times I have asked who comprises the planning boards at my local government.  I never get an answer.  I want credentials, qualifications, these people make poor decisions regarding development because they are often real estate people, builders, those with special interests.  How about some environmentalists to balance it out so it is fair to everyone.  

I will not say any  more because I am not looking for controversy, it is my opinion.  Also I apologize to the Wicks for posting this when their concerns are the deer.  Thanks for all you do! 

[MamaWick]

@SilleeMee  no, we live in a rural area around a rather large lake.  The deer are plentiful but unfortunately are losing a lot of habitat.  The only way hunting is allowed is if it is on 10.1 contigous acres.  Most of the lots here are 1/4 to 1 acre.  There is a wildlife rescue, but it is about 45 minutes away, and not at the lake.

[MoonieBaby]

Always makes my heart break....learning of habitat loss that is.