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Meet the neighbors — coyotes
Coyotes are showing up in neighborhoods increasingly as rapid development pushes them from areas that were once undeveloped. Recent sightings of the animal near homes — even approaching children in some instances — have raised safety concerns. Construction clearing natural habitat also pushes raccoons, bobcats and other wildlife into residential neighborhoods to seek out sustenance, water and shelter. While alarming, attacks on humans are extremely rare, with most being minor injuries.
Experts recommend “coexistence management” rather than eradication: securing trash, removing outdoor food, supervising pets, and using deterrents like motion-activated lights or sound to reinforce coyotes’ natural wariness of people. Residents still call for added actions, including wildlife corridor protection, public education and neighborhood monitoring. While officials cannot entirely eliminate risk, these strategies are designed to minimize conflicts. Coyotes are permanent urban and suburban fixtures, and treading the thin line between public safety and ecological benefits requires careful planning, awareness, and coexistence.
Jonathan Rubin, Boca Raton
Trump’s a transactional president
Oops, he’s done it again. Just when it seemed that the leader of the free world has sunk to the lowest level of moral and ethical indifference, President [Donald] Trump has descended a rung lower. He has welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House. When asked about the murder of a Washington Post reporter by the Saudis, the president said, “… a lot of people didn’t like [him]” and even more startlingly, “things happen.”
This continues the president’s pandering to dictators and autocrats. It is also in stark contradiction of the CIA’s conclusion in 2019 that the Crown Prince had orchestrated the execution of the dissident reporter. What could explain these indefensible actions and comments by the president? One explanation is that he and his children are working on two Trump Towers in Saudi Arabia. This administration is transactional in nature and every transaction financially benefits Trump and his family.
Marc P. Weingarten, Palm Beach Gardens
How is the Epstein case Biden’s problem?
A recent letter writer questioned why [former President Joe] Biden didn’t push to open the Jeffrey Epstein case during his term. Could part of the answer be Biden decided to put more focus on working to help the country and its people recover from the COVID pandemic identified during the end of Trump’s first term that resulted in 1.2 million Americans dying, as opposed to Epstein? And likely extenuating legal circumstances such as the fact the Epstein case was an open criminal investigation during some of the Biden administration and under federal rules grand jury information cannot be made public unless a federal judge authorizes its release, and the fact Maxwell’s conviction was on appeal which is supposed to prevent opening a case on the issue had something to do with Biden not pursuing the Epstein case.
While this letter writer is 100% entitled to his opinion in stating Trump has done more positive things than any other president in his lifetime, it appears the majority of Americans, including a growing population of MAGA supporters, disagree. Trump’s approval ratings indicate only 38% of Americans agree with his job performance. Perhaps this growing discomfort is one reason Democrats in recent Virginia and New Jersey elections did not vote for Republicans.
Barbara L. Allan, Tequesta
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