The Problem At My Grandmother's House

My grandmother lives in a sort of rural area, filled with forests, rivers, ponds, and animals. This was a perfect place to do my research. Though I didn't manage to put all these animals in my sketchbook, I saw them: Heron, Muskrat, Groundhog, Frogs (tadpoles and adults), Garter Snake, 2 fawns, 1 doe, and plenty of roadkill. It's very sad but my aunt says that she suspects some people of actually driving and trying to hit these animals on the side of the road. Why are some humans so cruel? Why do we inflict unnecessary pain? It just doesn't make sense. Once we rid ourselves of this type of cruelness and juvenile behavior, we're well on the way to a better planet. Anyway back to the point. My grandmother has a house surrounded on I believe two sides by a thin amount of trees which then become civilization. It used to only be 1 side but then a house was being built. On the other two sides there is still lots of wood, though my grandmother doesn't own it. The bad news is, the woods are being turned into more houses. How much longer until the forest is gone. That's another problem, how long until rural, isn't rural. My grandmother owns a large expanse of grassy land with a large pond at the bottom. A small outlet near the bottom used to carry water into the trees until the disaster.