And that wasn't the only wildlife drawn to her property by her night time feedings.
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.
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