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Seeing tourists feed wildlife at Yellowstone convinced me it's never okay.
Giving food to animals might seem nice, but it makes them rely on people and act aggressive (I saw a bear get too close because of it).
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james_clark6mo ago
Remember seeing rangers use air horns instead of food once.
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kim.sandra6mo ago
That air horn trick is a classic for moving animals off roads without getting them used to handouts. Jakewhite has a point about the tough calls rangers face in real emergencies though. It's never as simple as the rulebooks make it sound.
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jakewhite6mo ago
Look, sometimes controlled feeding by pros is the only thing keeping a herd alive through a brutal winter. I saw park rangers do emergency feedings during a crazy deep freeze once, and it stopped a lot of animals from starving. That blanket "never okay" rule ignores those real life rescue situations.
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