This issue is a real case for public education.
I recollect a dear kind old chap, who had begged a quantity of stale
bread for the poor birds, saying "But there's nothing here for them to
eat!" at a swamp swarming with natural tucker for birds.
Banyule City Council (Melb. metropolitan area)has put up signs pointing
out that ducks and water hens eat waterplants and bugs, and don't need
bread. At Banyule Swamp people seem to observe this; at Wilson Reserve
someone scratches out the 'not' quite often, as well as the sign which
forbids dogs entering the water.
So often pigeon-feeders accuse those who criticise them of 'cruelty to
birds'. A local person used to encourage pigeons, doves and Mynahs by
chucking bread on the footpath. This of course attracted rats and mice.
We had a Tawny Frogmouth perched waiting for the mice most evenings,
until she was persuaded to desist.
Anthea Fleming
On 11/01/2012 9:21 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:
Pity some Australian Councils don't do the same.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-16488207
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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