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How can feeding human food to wild animals hurt them?

They can starve with full stomachs.

  1. It makes them too fast
  2. They can starve with full stomachs ✔
  3. Nothing, it's a kind treat

Why: Human food changes the bacteria in an animal's gut, so it may no longer digest its natural food. Fed animals also hang around roads and get hit by cars.

Huh, didn't know that: Rodents that get used to handouts may bite an empty outstretched hand.

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Sources

  1. Feeding Wildlife (National Park Service) https://www.nps.gov/articles/feeding-wildlife.htm

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