Page 6 - Jupiter West - November '20

Page 6, Jupiter West
Northern Notes

Please Don’t Feed Wildlife food or garbage in is to keep it wild!
such a manner that it For those who enjoy
By Katie Roundtree, attracts black bears, viewing wildlife,
Finance Director, f o x e s, r a c c o o n s, the safest and most
Northern Palm Beach gopher tortoises or effective way to
County Improvement sandhill cranes and attract animals is to
District thereby creates a provide good wildlife
As temperatures in public nuisance is habitat. This is best
Florida start to drop in the prohibited. accomplished through
fall, people and animals will Because people the use of native vegetation. The FWC has publications
be outside more often in the establish an emotional online with information on developing your own backyard
daylight hours, creating the c onne ct i on wi t h wildlife refuge. For those without Internet service, copies
potential for contact and wildlife that they or more information about planting a backyard refuge
conflicts. Throughout the feed, these situations may be obtained by calling or writing your nearest FWC
years, The Florida Fish often prove difficult regional office. (Source: www.myFWC.com)
and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) receives to resolve, because NPDES Tip: Please pick up after your pet. When pet
many complaints regarding wildlife causing damage they involve changing waste is washed into lakes or canals the waste decays,
to private property or creating a public safety issue. peoples’ attitudes and behaviors. Fortunately, educating using up oxygen and sometimes releasing ammonia.
Many complaints are the result of communities where individuals how to responsibly attract wildlife often Low oxygen levels and ammonia combined with warm
intentional feeding of wildlife is tolerated or where resolves the problem. Communities can pursue a variety temperatures can kill fish. Pet waste also contains
domestic animals are fed outdoors. of approaches to affect a remedy. In communities with a nutrients that encourage weed and algae growth. Overly
Whenever such conflicts arise, wildlife loses. While homeowner’s association, residents may apply remedies fertile water becomes cloudy and green – unattractive for
the species involved in each of these cases may be available to them through the association. boating and fishing. Perhaps most importantly, pet waste
different, the issue is always the same. Concerned and The FWC’s advice to anyone who enjoys wildlife carries diseases which make water unsafe.
well-intentioned individuals start feeding wildlife, often
without regard for the quantity or types of feed being
offered. Wild animals have a complicated diet with
specific needs. If people feed them “treats,” they may not
get the correct balance of nutrients to keep them healthy.
All wild creatures have evolved over the millennia with
an instinct to locate and eat a diet best suited to their own
digestive systems. Thus, they have a specific niche in the
wild community where they feed and live in balance with
all other species. This balance is interfered with when
well-intentioned people feed what they think is a healthy
diet to wildlife.
This practice also inevitably leads to unnatural
concentrations of animals, both wild and domestic,
looking for a handout. Wild animals are thus conditioned
to associate humans with a feeding opportunity and the
results are predictable – animals become a nuisance
to property owners. Artificially high concentrations
of wildlife found at feeding stations also increase the
transmission of diseases that normally occur in low
concentrations.
Feeding wildlife is generally discouraged and, in
some cases, illegal. In Florida, it is illegal to feed gopher
tortoises, sandhill cranes, bears, raccoons, foxes, manatees
and alligators. Intentionally placing food or garbage,
allowing the placement of food or garbage, or offering

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