No Vote Was Taken on Coyote Trapping Ban

In Ron Vardi’s letter to the editor (Dec. 24) he stated that at a town hall meeting at Parkman Middle School, those in favor of renewing the city’s coyote trapping ban were outvoted by a ratio of 2 to 1. I was in attendance that night and can state categorically that no such vote was ever taken. In fact, the pro-trapping side seemed to be out in greater force than the animal rights activists who attempted to shout us down.

What I also remember all too vividly from that meeting was the heart-wrenching statement by Cathy Keen, who lost her 3-year-old daughter Kelly to a coyote attack. That is the message that Vardi, Councilmember Laura Chick and the Animal Regulation Commission should have been listening to.

Perhaps some may wish to gamble that such tragedies won’t happen again, but if they do, the one thing Chick and the commission can never say is, “Gee, we had no idea this could happen.”

MATT LOEWS

Woodland Hills