In the past several months, our big outside trash can fall down, and the trash was scattered around the trash can in the morning. When I pick them up by hand one by one, I’ve noticed each trash was kind of eaten.
I suspected the strong wind to make the trash can fall down, and then later in the middle of night, wild animals came by and ate them.
My husband thought it was wild animals to fall over the can on purpose in order to eat the leftover food from garbage.
Last night when he was outside enjoying star gazing, around 11 pm, he saw a pack of wild animals walking down the street. Our area does not have any bright street lights, so that only trained persons can see things in the darkness. Maybe he had certain training to see things in the darkness during his military days.
He saw the pack carefully. He found out they were the pack of javelina. Their body was well blended in the darkness, so that he could only see their dull shining eyes from time to time. The pack of javelina was traveling one house to another. After the dad javelina (the biggest one) tipped over the trash can and the trash was scatter on the ground, the other family members ate the leftover food from the trash.
When I heard this story from my husband, I felt sad and sorry for javelina. They are supposed to be wild animals. They are supposed to find food in the nature. Maybe they have lived on this area for generations. All of a sudden, humans came and built houses. Now these poor javelina have to live off the leftover food from humans’ trash.
Luckily for them though, here in Arizona, they are protected by state law so that humans are not allowed to capture, injure or unlawfully kill them.
Javelina can be dangerous. I have heard some news of javelina’s attacking humans. Soon the animal control personnel will capture and release them in the wilderness away from residence area. In Texas, javelina are classified as a game animal and may be legally harvested with a hunting license, during hunting season.
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That reminded me of my younger days when I was working for the architecture firm. I used to attend the disafforestation of the forest to make open land. We often witnessed wild animals, such as a pack of deer and raccoon dog, confused to have lost their habitat area. I always talked to them and apologized them for taking their homes.
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