I just don't think people understand the threat that wildlife can pose. I've seen two rather large foxes in our area, and several raccoons at night. When my wife was letting our one year daughter walk a ways away from her, she couldn't understand why I had an issue with it until I told her about the foxes and the raccoons and asked her if she wanted our one year old to be bitten, and possibly carried off by one of them. She doesn't let her get very far away anymore.
God, I have had nightmares of a fox/coyote snatching my daughter and taking her away. Those damn dreams always wake me up. Sad thing is we are right on the edge where the city meets the country.
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The pond, waterfowl, and yellow labs...it don't get any better.
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