To the editor:

Yes, there were bears in Cape Coral and Pine Island.

The two bears in Cape Coral were really neat. Over a year ago there was another bear in the Cape. Leave them alone and keep at a safe distance and you are mostly perfectly safe. Black bears by nature will not attack you. The one time they will attack is when you get between cubs and mama. Mama will want to protect her cubs and might come at you, but this is quite rare. Wouldn’t it nice if we bought 400 or 500 acres where the Cape could support some bears? Alva has had a bear family for years.

As for the panthers I knew a friend that saw a panther east of Burnt Store Road in our fair city years ago. Another friend saw a panther in her backyard on Pine Island again, a few years ago.

Our wildlife is diminishing in the Cape. Please support environmental candidates for our town council that are green. Please ask them to keep our old golf course for the thousands of wildlife that live there including the eagles. Migrating birds use it by the hundreds. Tell candidates your feelings and dreams for our wildlife in the Cape.

Carl Veaux

Cape Coral