Thanks James.
What hasnt been said explicitly in the 'debate' thus far is that bird
feeding is not really an activity that is carried out for the sake of birds.
It is an activity that is carried out for the enjoyment, gratification, need
(what have you) of people. I'm not suggesting that there is necessarily
anything wrong with this. But when analysed from this perspective, the
practice of feeding wild birds looks rather different.
Scott O'Keeffe
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Sent: Tuesday, 24 June 2003 2:30
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Subject: re: IT IS imperative we feed wild animals
<I am new to this discussion board and have followed the discussion on
feeding wild birds, my first gut reaction was to STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE!
But after Penn Gwynne's last post I can't bottle it in any longer:
I'm sorry Penn but I disagree that the issue is "NOT whether we should or
should not feed them". Imperative, really?
You know of 85 yr old WILD Galahs that live that long on cuttlefish dietary
supplement?. How so? Did you band the bird or mark it in some other way to
know it is the same individual?. Are you really older than 85 to have
followed the fate of those birds?.....>
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