Letters to the Editor 7-14-22
Coyote lives matter Dear ER: We coyotes of the El Segundo, Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach Greenbelt would like to express our sincere appreciation to the irresponsible cat owners of the South Bay (“Please prompt Manhattan Beach Council to enlist coyote trapper,” ER July 7, 2022). If you kept your cats indoors where they belong you’d be depriving us of a major food source. But, lucky for us, there are so many of you who let your cats wander free to kill songbirds and defecate on your neighbors’ properties that we never run out of tasty cats to eat. They are delicious. Thank you. Thank you very much. That said, we coyotes feel we are vastly underappreciated. After all, we do a lot of good. We don’t just rid your neighborhoods of stray cats. We also keep down the population of mice, rats, squirrels, opossums and raccoons. Did you know squirrels, as well as rats, carry the bubonic plague? We even like to snack on those pesky crows you always complain about. Haven’t you noticed there aren’t that many around now? Please feel free to write letters to Easy Reader in support of us. We’d really appreciate it. We’d also appreciate it if you’d leave a Costco rotisserie chicken or a…
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