Suburban Ecology

OK - get this. My friends David and Karyn showed me a newspaper article the other day, primarily about the presence and prevalence of snakes in this part of the city/state. A python had recently nabbed someone's pet pug - bit it, squeezed it, and swallowed it! There were a few comments made by the author that just ABSOLUTELY took me back! The first thing he said was that "we have to learn to live with these beautiful creatures and not eradicate them". Beautiful creatures? They don't have the same effect on me as a furry seal pup (which by the way it would eat given the opportunity!) He goes on to say, that the dog getting eaten by a python, out here in the suburbs, is "just part of the suburban ecology". What!? What do you possibly say to that. He further goes on to say that "we are all part of the food chain, including humans as part of this suburban ecology" What!!!? This will only be a temporary post as I will go back and get the quotes exactly as the author reported them.