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Love Ducks?
Top Ten Reasons NOT to Feed them
1. Feeding ducks teaches them to rely on people for food instead of finding natural food in the wild.
2. Bread, cereal, and other people food can cause ducks and other birds to become deformed. Many will never be able to fly because they have eaten so much bread.
3. Feeding ducks can cause them to stay in one place year round instead of naturally migrating to other places at different times of the year.
4. Feeding ducks food that they would not naturally eat in the wild will eventually kill them. Many die from malnutrition, heart disease, and liver failure.
5. Over-fed, malnutritioned ducks have a harder time escaping predators.
6. Feeding ducks attracts rats, pests, and predators that kill ducks and endanger humans.
7. Most waterfowl die-offs in the past 10 years have been attributed to artificial feeding.
8. Ducks that are overfed create dangerous amounts of waste that harm fish and other animals living in ponds.
9. Rotting food pollutes the water and breeds deadly diseases and parasites.
10. Food waste bobbing on the water's edge is simply ugly.
Bottom Line: If you love ducks, DON'T FEED THEM.
For more information: www.liveducks.com
Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
Top Ten Reasons NOT to Feed them
1. Feeding ducks teaches them to rely on people for food instead of finding natural food in the wild.
2. Bread, cereal, and other people food can cause ducks and other birds to become deformed. Many will never be able to fly because they have eaten so much bread.
3. Feeding ducks can cause them to stay in one place year round instead of naturally migrating to other places at different times of the year.
4. Feeding ducks food that they would not naturally eat in the wild will eventually kill them. Many die from malnutrition, heart disease, and liver failure.
5. Over-fed, malnutritioned ducks have a harder time escaping predators.
6. Feeding ducks attracts rats, pests, and predators that kill ducks and endanger humans.
7. Most waterfowl die-offs in the past 10 years have been attributed to artificial feeding.
8. Ducks that are overfed create dangerous amounts of waste that harm fish and other animals living in ponds.
9. Rotting food pollutes the water and breeds deadly diseases and parasites.
10. Food waste bobbing on the water's edge is simply ugly.
Bottom Line: If you love ducks, DON'T FEED THEM.
For more information: www.liveducks.com
Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
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