'U' are preaching to the choir here...

Um... okay.

MY PROPERTY IS A "CERTIFIED WILDLIFE HABITAT" We are in the woods and of course it is a wildlife habitat anyway but by being certified I believe I can take native plants and things like bird food that I purchase off my taxes. It also lets me refuse to allow the county to come spray chemicals along the roadside to kill of vegitation like milkweed. Also helps in arguments with neighbors about their roaming cats. You must have all 4, food, water, cover and places to raise young to qualify but even backyard city lots can qualify if these things are povided. Is a $15.00 membership. www.nwf.org

I love the unlovable animals too. toads,lizards,snakes(except copperheads),i've killed 2 copperheads and i was sure they were copperheads,we are overrun with the things and my hound was bit by one. I still feel bad about killing them as i even take spiders,granddaddy longlegs and grasshoppers outside to avoid killing them. i have heard a panther a time or two but never seen one. Don't use pesticides except once when a Direct tv serviceman made me sprey the wasp nests around our porch.They had never bothered me. I have never seen a possum around here. They must all live in town. LOL Have all kinds of birds,bugs,and creepy things. I leave them all alone except for copperheads and if they left my dogs alone i'd leave them alone. Its really true that its a jungle out there and humans are the most dangerous animal of all. vickie