Hello Folks,
If your vehicle was burglarized Friday night, our CWP Patrollers have done a great job in apprehending them along with the Pasco County Sheriffs Office. This has been going on for several weeks to date and hopefully, this non-sense should stop for a while. At least until the next batch of guys turn around and start again. The good part is, our team efforts have paid off this week and if anyone comes back to hurt our community again with vehicle burglaries, our team efforts will be out there again to do the best we can.
Thank you's go to our patrols once again. If your vehicle was hit, please call me and I will furnish as much information to you as I can.
Thank You, Sam Fulciniti, President
Lexington Oaks, CWP
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I also received the following in response to DO NOT FEED GATORS:
In response to: Do Not Feed the Alligators
Much has been discussed about the alligators in our community in the Pipeline. Up until about three months ago we had an alligator that would spend the day basking in the sun on our back lawn and we truly enjoyed him. At no time did he ever become aggressive or threaten us in any way – at no time did we ever feed him. Unfortunately one of our neighbors did not feel the same about him and had him removed. Trust me folks removed doesn't mean he's going to enjoy a long life being relocated in another area, removed means he will become someone's purse or belt or tasty snack. The removal of these creatures seems extremely arbitrary to me, while one neighbor lives in fear of them; others find them a pleasing part of the Florida landscape. I remember that at one time in the not so distant past alligators were on the Endangered Species List. If we don't stop "removing" them this will happen again. As stated previously the alligator is a valuable part of the ecosystem, digging gator holes which support a whole community of other creatures and plants and keep the snake population controlled. If you feel your child or dog is in jeopardy, you are not paying enough attention to them. Typically the only time you hear of a gator attack is when someone is doing something stupid; swimming in the ponds or lakes or trying to engage them in some fashion. Please remember when you pick up the phone to have an alligator removed there is no one to represent their side of the story, which is, they are just living here. When I first moved here is was my understanding that an alligator wouldn't be removed unless it was over eight feet long and exhibited aggressive tendencies. I feel if you use that as the rule when you call to have these creatures exterminated there will be fewer removals.
Marge Richardson
North Hampton
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In addition to what Marge is saying: We have gators in our ponds. They are not hurting anyone. Trappers come in with a 45 day permit to trap out our ponds. They are not supposed to trap anything under 4 ft. but this morning a 2 ft gator was trapped in Hawthorne. It had been hooked for 3 days. This is inhuman and the poor baby gator was suffering. The hooks they use on these gators lodge deep into their throats and unless the trapper is called to come back the gator is left to die. Small gators they will sometimes leave as it is not worth their time to come and take them off the snares. I repeat, these gators are not hurting anyone. In the warmer weather they will come up on the shoreline and warm up but they will not go after humans unless they are being fed or provoked. they do not feed on land. They go after frogs, snakes, and fish. They actually keep our ponds clean. These small gators that we have here can not even prey on birds or small dogs. Baby gators are actually food to otters, fish, and turtles. So before calling the nuisance alligator number, please check out the website on alligators and get your facts straight. We are being inhuman to these animals allowing trappers into our community. www.fwc.com/gators
AND there is an easement at the back of our properties, we may have to maintain them but we do not own the property down by the ponds. These trappers are trespassing.
