And you thought you had a lousy neighbor!
An Ibis, Florida, woman has been ordered to pay $53,000 in fines for feeding vultures, alligators and other assorted wildlife behind her house.
Irma Acosta Arya’s habit attracted “flocks of defecating, vomiting vultures, as well as raccoons, alligators and a bobcat, since 2016,” according to the Palm Beach Post. Not only were the animals dangerous to residents and their pets, but their droppings were offensively smelly and corrosive.
Earlier this month, a US Customs and Border Protection radio tower near the Texas-Mexico border was disrupted by the poop and vomit from over 300 black vultures.
“If that was the end of it and you could guarantee that, I’d be very happy,” association president Gordon Holness told the Palm Beach Post. “This is a lady with a compulsion. Hopefully, she understands the extreme penalty she’d be under if this does reoccur. You get cynical after a while.”
As part of the settlement, Acosta Arya has agreed to permanently abstain from feeding the wildlife in or near Ibis.