As God's new year begins, His creation springs to life, displaying the beauty and freshness of nature. The animal kingdom produces its next generation each spring, adding millions of young birds and beasts to the world's population, following God's blessing to be fruitful and multiply. Yet, on a planet with limited space, man and beast have fought intermittent battles for territory. Throughout history, confrontations between men and animals have occurred as migrating peoples opened new territories, leading to conflicts with predators like mountain lions, bears, wolves, snakes, alligators, spiders, and scorpions, which men have tried to eradicate for protection. When settlers arrived in America, abundant wildlife provided food, but as human populations grew, wildlife decreased or moved to other lands. By the early 1900s, species like the whitetailed deer, wild turkey, Canadian goose, and black bear neared extinction, and in 1967, the alligator was listed as endangered. Astonishingly, these species have survived man's onslaught and habitat destruction, now thriving in densely populated east coast areas. Whitetailed deer, with voracious appetites, threaten crops and landscapes, earning the nickname "hoofed rats" in some regions. Wild turkeys inhabit every state but Alaska, seeking feeding grounds in populated areas. Canadian geese, numbering at least 130,000, no longer migrate, damaging crops and fouling public spaces. Black bears roam the U.S. mainland, with significant populations in the east, while alligators have fully recovered in Florida, prompting nearly 10,000 annual complaints from urban citizens. Gray wolves thrive in Canada, with plans for U.S. reintroduction, and coyotes have even been sighted in the Bronx, marking their recovery.