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Old 11-06-2006, 05:13 PM
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Re: Ethical dilemma - hand-taming young robins

I have hand fed a number of birds and my experience is they would come to me and no one else All have "gone wild" and although they tolerate me they do not feed from the hand again.The local garden centre has a number of feeding stations around and although the place is thronging the birds seem quite at ease but again they allow no one too close
The resturant at the Gardens of Heligan also have birds that are tame enough to hand feed but they still are wild birds making a living
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