With the exception of feeding backyard birds, giving food to wildlife causes problems for animals and people. ... Feeding wild animals, whether on purpose or not, does more harm than good ... Once animals learn they can panhandle for food, they can become a nuisance—or even worse, a safety risk. 3. read more
Third, animals that are not scared of people do dumb stuff and get killed. They approach homes or cars or people looking for more handouts and get into trouble - raid gardens, chicken coops, and trash cans, bite the hand that doesn’t feed them, etc. When that happens (not if!) they will be killed. Feeding a wild animal is essentially condemning it to death. read more
Make sure anything you feed is bite-sized to avoid choking hazards.) 2. It makes wild animals lose their natural fear of people. Feeding can make large, potentially dangerous animals become too comfortable in residential or recreational areas. Once animals learn they can panhandle for food, they can become a nuisance—or even worse, a safety risk. 3. read more
However - and I'm not making this up - it is most definitely bad for the animals. Here are the reasons why: Wildlife birth rates and fertility rates are based on the local food supply. If you feed animals, they have more babies. Okay, fine. But then if you ever stop feeding them, they all suffer from hunger and malnutrition, and more die than in the first place. read more