Don't Feed the Coyotes

This blog is an assignment for class. Part of the assignment was to create a tee shirt that made a statement about our desired topic. I made my tee shirt theme around don't feed the coyotes. Surprisingly the slogan is more popular than I thought. Many articles and newspapers have the same theme. Who knew.

So I've picked up on the theme that seems to permeate the discussion of coyotes. Don't feed them. This simple message is being lost in translation. Animal lovers who are feed these animals thinking they are helping are making a bad situation worse. The biggest influence that these people are having is that the animals are losing their fear of humans.

The actually topic of coyotes in the area has little information available. But one theme continues to permeate is the don't feed them theme. One would think with a simple idea as this that a message could be delivered to people and affect change. That's the problem how do you get people to want to take action. If you cannot encourage people to take a simple action of not feeding coyotes how do you get them to interact on a larger scale.

So my blog here is supposed to have some political point and effect. I wonder how much effect I can have. I can state my opinions but how do I create a movement. Then we go on to the larger question if I manage to inspire people to action, what do I want to do after the class is over. I can almost guarantee that my interest will disappear. I took a topic that is odd and off of the beaten path because of the potential to be different. But I wonder if at the end I will be like I was before the class disassociated with the political world around me.