This is maybe like beating a "dead horse"...I didn't see this thread as "bashing" anyone. Truly I didn't...just maybe educating someone who isn't familiar with the habitat here in FL.
Up north we had another such example, though the wildlife probably wouldn't kill anyone. We lived near lakes (this was maybe 25 or 30 years ago) and once in awhile we'd have ducks that would be swimming..not many but a few. It was a novel thing for folks to feed them bread crumbs and so cute when they also had their babies. Fast forward to the past 10 years or so...NOW there are flocks and flocks of these and other wild water-fowl. They congregate in parks, yards and more. They leave ALOT of their "residue" and that's stinky and profuse. If you live in one of these--you KNOW all too much how much damage they'll do to your yard! Sometimes they also congregate in farm fields and that too is a bad deal--they feed on the seeds planted or wreck the crops. There are now businesses (folks with dogs) to chase (humanly) these birds away. Does it work? Sometimes but mostly not as they're tenacious because there will "STILL" be those who want to feed them breadcrumbs etc. because they think they're doing them a favor...and it's fun to take the grandkids along sometimes to do it. I don't mean to bash anyone..just to say that God created these animals and will provide for them. Living here, they (all the wild-life) have enough to keep them full. Just my 2-cents worth.
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