How cool is it to live in a territory shared with wolves, bears, coyotes, foxes, snakes, eagles and thousands of other life forms? These creatures are part of our heritage, and are assets on the balance sheet of the North American territory. The primordial connection we have to the land is inexorable from these native species. A lot of these animals cull themselves, and although violent at times, have every right to the land as we do.
I get it: We outsmarted them with our knowledge, and leveraged means of control and destruction, yet would you want to live in a sterilized place where these creatures were destroyed only to make our lives a little more comfortable? Our farms a little more profitable? Our fearful fantasies a little less realistic? The health of the land and the health of our psyches are tied together. I know that sounds hippie and esoteric, but these creatures help make our land whole. All working together to maintain a balance perpetrated by an intelligence far greater than our own.
Jeff Robinson, Holladay
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