Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:49:54 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mary Ellen Armstrong
Subject: Small ponds are better than nothing!
To the gentleman who feels like small ponds are not the answer, well, I beg to differ.. If 15-25 private people with ponds (of any size) stepped up and offered to house a few beavers that is absolutely better than murdering them to appease Briar Chapel’s HOA~~~
We have had beavers take up at our pond when developers came in and pillaged the surrounding land of it’s trees, shrubs and natural landscape… For the time that they stayed they cleared a beautiful section allowing us to see all the way to the pond from our windows… What joy we had watching them work and play! Another perk was that the pond never looked cleaner! I wish the beavers would come back…
If wildlife authorities cared more about the sanctity of all life then concerned citizens wouldn’t be so hard-pressed to be upset at this devastating issue… Getting people to care is a thankless job because most of the time they don’t see animals as sentient beings… No matter what, my offer still stands… Our pond would welcome a few Briar Chapel beavers…. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush! So be it.