By ELIZABETH “BETTY” JACOB
Los Alamos 

I was lying in bed this morning pondering the letters written about our cohabitation with the wildlife in this forested mountain area called Los Alamos.

This town was built upon an area that was inhabited by wildlife for thousands of years with sparse human intervention. Indigenous peoples lived and respected the wildlife surrounding them. They grew to know and gain knowledge of all of their natural surroundings. 

Ignorance, lack of respect and just down and out laziness is not an excuse, even though it happens all too often in an environment such as this.

Unless we learn that there are consequences to our actions with regards to cohabitation with wildlife, we endanger not only ourselves but the entire community in which we have chosen to live in.