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[Palehorse]

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    Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us to "Please Do Not Feed the Animals."

    Their stated reason for the policy is because the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.

    This concludes today's lesson.

Here are the real reasons not to feed wildlife. (Among others)

Providing an artificial food source causes adults to produce large families which the natural food supply can't support.

Overpopulation leads to starvation and epidemics of disease. Many of these diseases are dangerous to humans: bubonic plague, salmonella, psittacosis, and rabies, to name a few.

Wild animals have specialized diets and can die from the wrong foods.

Many people feed wildlife as a form of entertainment; but bread, popcorn, French fries and picnic leftovers can cause disease, death, mouth injuries and throat obstructions in animals adapted to eat other foods.

Feeding the wrong diet to a baby animal even for a day or two can permanently damage developing muscles, bones and tissues, making survival impossible. Even feeding supposedly "healthy" food is harmful because it alters the animal's foraging patterns and can cause overpopulation which ultimately leads to starvation.

Feeding causes wildlife to lose their natural fear of humans.

These animals become easy targets for people who do not respect wildlife and would hurt them intentionally. Also, there are many people who are afraid of wildlife and may injure an animal in an attempt to defend themselves against a mistaken "attack."

You always risk injury when you do not keep a respectful distance from wild animals who may misinterpret your actions.

Wild animals defend themselves with teeth, beaks, claws, talons, spines, venom, and toxins to name a few adaptions. There is no guarantee that a wild animal knows where the food stops and your fingers begin. Sadly, it is usually the animal which loses when the person feeding complains of being "attacked." For some reason, many people who would never consider petting a stray dog will readily approach a wild animal.

Providing food in residential areas often leads to property damage and unwelcome wild "houseguests." (Self explanatory)

Feeding changes behavior patterns, sometimes with catastrophic results.

I know, this on the surface seems to be what your propaganda was saying but then again, not really.
Such was the case in 1988 when vendors in Monterey, CA were selling fish to feed to the brown pelicans and sea lions. As a result, many of the birds did not migrate and the reduced winter food supply couldn't support them. The Monterey Wildlife Center received hundreds of pelicans sick from erysphelatrix, a disease the birds contracted from eating the spoiled fish they learned to scavenge from the wharf garbage bins. The starving pelicans also were snatching at people's food with their sharp beaks.

Feeding causes injuries and harmful interactions between wildlife species.

For instance, when fishing operations discard leftover offal into the ocean after fish cleaning, it forces confrontations between species who otherwise would not interact. Suddenly, pelicans, who dive for fish near the surface of the water, and harbor seals, who forage for food in the water column and near the ocean floor, are forced to compete for food in the same area, causing injuries which otherwise would not occur.  Also, while many marine mammals and birds eat whole fish, the skin and bones of fish by itself is not easily digestible, has little caloric value, and can cause choking and injuries. Fish bones can be very sharp, and Wildlife Care volunteers have had to remove many fish skeletons from the delicate pouches and throats of pelicans whose mouths are adapted to swallow whole fish, not crunch bones. Punctures and lacerations are easily infected, causing a slow death when animals cannot forage or swallow.  Further examples of this can be seen by viewing some of the readily available videos of attacks upon stupid humans who tried to feed the bear, buffalo, (insert wildlife here), or take a close up picture of them, and found themselves under attack. Some fatally.

[me]

Damn you take shit waaaaay to seriously dude.  Lighten up.   

[Palehorse]

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.
John F. Kennedy

[Henry Hawk]

Newsflash....Anderson Cooper tells the world he is gay! 

I think he may be the last one to realize this....

I did not know he was still in the hiding...

[Locutus]

[Palehorse]

Welcome to hell. . . .

[Henry Hawk]

Welcome to hell. . . .

Because Andeson Cooper said he was gay?........Kind of harsh, dontcha think?

[me]

Why is Obama wasting tax payer money on ads promoting food stamps as a way for people to eat healthier food and saying people on food stamps lose up to 30 or 40lbs because they are eating healthier and telling everyone who thinks they may qualify to get on food stamps?  Why isn't he promoting hiring and going out and trying to find a job?  Could it be he wants as many people as possible on food stamps so the government can control what we eat?  Does he have any clue how little most people get in food stamps and how expensive "healthy" food is?  Talk about someone out of touch with the average citizen.   

[The Troll]

Why is Obama wasting tax payer money on ads promoting food stamps as a way for people to eat healthier food and saying people on food stamps lose up to 30 or 40lbs because they are eating healthier and telling everyone who thinks they may qualify to get on food stamps?  Why isn't he promoting hiring and going out and trying to find a job?  Could it be he wants as many people as possible on food stamps so the government can control what we eat?  Does he have any clue how little most people get in food stamps and how expensive "healthy" food is?  Talk about someone out of touch with the average citizen.   

  What are you worrying about people who get food stamps.     I suppose you would just let them starve.  Our government, Democrat and republican give and I do mean give billions of dollars to rich farmers not to raise food.  Remember when the government has an excess supply of butter and cheese to keep the dairy farmers and dairy producers money to operate.  I'll bet you took your family and got the government cheese and butter and really enjoyed it.  Didn't you, Butter Nut?   

[me]

  What are you worrying about people who get food stamps.     I suppose you would just let them starve.  Our government, Democrat and republican give and I do mean give billions of dollars to rich farmers not to raise food.  Remember when the government has an excess supply of butter and cheese to keep the dairy farmers and dairy producers money to operate.  I'll bet you took your family and got the government cheese and butter and really enjoyed it.  Didn't you, Butter Nut?   

Read Troll read.  People know about food stamps why spend tax dollars to advertise them to people?  Read what I posted instead of going off on another of your rants that have nothing what-so-ever to do with what I said.   

[The Troll]

Read Troll read.  People know about food stamps why spend tax dollars to advertise them to people?  Read what I posted instead of going off on another of your rants that have nothing what-so-ever to do with what I said.   

  Ooooooh, tell my queen of poverty for the poor.  What is wrong with advertising them to people.  You seem to know a whole lot about them, but then you're a know it all.   

  I have seen advertisements for farmers on aid to farmers.  Sugar farmers, rice farmers, hog farmers all kinds of farmers.  But you, oooooooooh no not advertisement to a poor people about food stamps. 

    You don't and can't know how stupid you sound when you come up with this   Sweet Pea. 

[me]

  Ooooooh, tell my queen of poverty for the poor.  What is wrong with advertising them to people.  You seem to know a whole lot about them, but then you're a know it all.   

  I have seen advertisements for farmers on aid to farmers.  Sugar farmers, rice farmers, hog farmers all kinds of farmers.  But you, oooooooooh no not advertisement to a poor people about food stamps. 

    You don't and can't know how stupid you sound when you come up with this   Sweet Pea. 

Ya just don't get it do ya Troll? 

[The Troll]

Ya just don't get it do ya Troll?

  No I don't, I just don't understand your logic.  Probably you don't have any logic.  No understanding of what is going on in this world and universe.  Just the old trick of putting your head up your ass.  My little kumquat. 

[me]

  No I don't, I just don't understand your logic.  Probably you don't have any logic.  No understanding of what is going on in this world and universe.  Just the old trick of putting your head up your ass.  My little kumquat. 

Obama is spending our tax dollars to advertise about food stamps which everyone already knows about and saying that people on food stamps eat healthier food and are losing weight because of it.  He is also urging people to get on food stamps for that reason if they think they may be eligible.  There is nothing wrong with food stamps but the idea that people on them eat healthier is not the case since people on food stamps have to make them stretch and can't afford the "healthier" foods.  Most are subsidizing their food stamps by going to food banks and you don't always get healthy food there either. 
Hell, Nancy Pelosi said unemployment helps the economy...These guys just have no clue about the real world at all. 

[The Troll]

Obama is spending our tax dollars to advertise about food stamps which everyone already knows about and saying that people on food stamps eat healthier food and are losing weight because of it.  He is also urging people to get on food stamps for that reason if they think they may be eligible.  There is nothing wrong with food stamps but the idea that people on them eat healthier is not the case since people on food stamps have to make them stretch and can't afford the "healthier" foods.  Most are subsidizing their food stamps by going to food banks and you don't always get healthy food there either. 
Hell, Nancy Pelosi said unemployment helps the economy...These guys just have no clue about the real world at all.

  OK Brain, just where and when Nancy Pelosi said that unemployment was a good thing and it helps the economy. 

  Nancy Pelosi said that unemployment payments, payments to the unemployed was good for the economy, just ask the Horse.  Because without it the economy would get worse faster.  Left out a little of the whole story, didn't you Honey Dipper.  You can't tell the whole truth if your life depended on it.  Lair.   

  Why lie, we catch you and Henry every time.  Lair, lair pants on fire.