Florida woman fined $53,000 for feeding alligators and vultures behind house

On Wednesday, a Ibis, Florida woman was permanently enjoined from feeding wildlife around her home by a local judge—and ordered to pay $53,000 to settle a resultant lawsuit from the Ibis Property Owners Association.

Irma Acosta Arya, whose home borders the Grassy Waters Preserve, drew the ire of her neighbors for feeding vultures and alligators on her property for years, driving down the value of and damaging their property while jeopardizing the safety of the animals she attracted and that of her neighbors, their children, and friends.

Complaints about Arya's activities date back to 2016. One neighbor reported in a story about Arya printed inthat she put out 20-pound bags of dog food twice a week for the raccoons and other animals to feed off of—140 pounds plus in total, which she claimed was for a dog belonging to a relative. Neighbors also reported seeing Arya place platters of white bread finger sandwiches out for the animals—and whole raw chickens.

Another neighbor said they had seen Arya wade into the swamp to hand-feed alligators, a dangerous activity that breeds familiarity between the alligators and humans, and is highly discouraged by wildlife experts. Arya allegedly stopped feeding the alligators after Florida Fish and Wildlife had to pull a now-too-familiar-with-humans adult alligator out of a neighboring home and relocate it.

A Florida woman has been ordered to stop feeding the alligators and vultures, among other wild animals, behind her home.Arya's activities, mostly carried out at night, would cause violent feeding frenzies, neighbors said, and had drawn a bobcat to the neighborhood as well as the large flock of vultures and alligators.The Palm Beach PostThe odor, she added, was like the"smell of a thousand rotting corpses.

Sooner or later the gators will solve the problem themselves!

kuku27 The fine amount is insane, you needed only $100 and warning, it would be sufficient

This is the second “Florida woman” Story I’ve seen this week....does this women have finally ascended the patriarchy and are getting the respect we deserve....? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

You can't fix stupid.

I feed cows then eat them after they big enough. Does she eat gaters?

? So…only feed your alligators in the FRONT yard?

EVERY damn day...it's something about f***ing Florida 🤦🏽‍♀️

Id feed them to, its good to have alligators on your side

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