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The Squirrels Can Do Fine Without Your Help
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This comes up now and again, so it's kind of an evergreen topic even though it's currently in the news in New York, a proposal to ban feeding animals in New York City parks. People like to throw bread and seed out for the squirrels and birds, but officials say that a) this draws rats, and b) bringing food makes wildlife dependent on humans for their food, which is bad. I'll add a third reason: It encourages the animals to poop all over the place. Really, there's plenty of food for the animals in the wild. They eat stuff off trees and out of the grass. If you're throwing them food, you're doing it for yourself, not them. (WCBS-TV/New York)
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