Rancho Santa Margarita
Sheltie escapes coyotes & finds her way home.
By Sheltie Nation guest author, JANET WHITCOMB Planned communities built adjacent wilderness areas have been a growing trend in the United States. People like the idea of living next to nature while, at the same time, being able to access many or most of the conveniences they enjoyed in long-established city and suburban areas. All the same, there’s trouble in paradise. As new homes and businesses encroach upon wilderness areas, we displace and often surround animal populations, creating situations dangerous for them, for us, and for our pets. I know this first hand. Fourteen years ago a job offer in [...]
