Woman who fed vultures, gators settles lawsuit for USD 53,000

A Florida woman who fed vultures, alligators and other wildlife behind her gated-community home has agreed to pay USD 53,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by homeowners association.

Palm Beach County Judge Scott Kerner on Wednesday permanently enjoined Irma Acosta Arya from feeding wildlife and ordered her to pay up by February 14, the Palm Beach Post reported.

Neighbours and the homeowners association said Acosta Arya's nocturnal and daytime feedings attracted flocks of defecating and vomiting vultures, along with raccoons, alligators and bobcats.

The golf community borders the wildlife-filled Grassy Waters Preserve.

"If that was the end of it and you could guarantee that, I'd be very happy," association president Gordon Holness said after the brief hearing Wednesday.

"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."
He also told the judge she had not done the feedings "for many months."
Homeowner Siobhan Casimano described the smell as "like a thousand rotting corpses."