@nev Some people in fancy condos called the cops on me, back in 2012, by a waterfront walkway. I was physically blocking people from accessing beach stairs & refused to move for anyone. I was trying to protect baby otters from pesky humans. I was familiar with the longtime family of river otters & didn't want humans going down, trying to pester their family.
Cops showed up fast. I told them what was happening. They ended up telling people who reported me that I wasn't breaking laws & if she called again about me blocking people from entering otters den area, they'd be facing possible charges for making multiple non-emergency nuisance calls/reporting false crimes. The rare time I was OK with cops presence.

@PhoenixSerenity good on you!! Here there's a beach boardwalk that some foxes sometimes den under and in multiple years the kits have been killed by people's dogs 😡