| Re: Ducks weren't made to be fed bread
I actually think it's an inherent need in humans to feed animals - it's presumably how we evolved to domesticate animals - it was our desire to feed them as much perhaps as any cunning- that brought the animals closer and made them tame........ and in turn what made us successful so through natural selection - those who liked to feed animals and had enough food to do so were more successful (because they had easy and reliable access to animals to provide them with meat and skins and things) and had more offspring. So, I think you'l struggle to stop this completely (though they seem to have had a small success at this in Bibury where they had similar problems - they had big signs everywhere) a shaky alternative is to provide grain - sell it, people would definately buy it as they do at WWT reserves. As regards the aggression - there will always be those over loaded with testosterone I suppose!! |