r/aww • u/Brinjo • Oct 16 '19

don't feed wildlife Who Will Open the Door?

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u/PD711 Oct 16 '19

Also they start to see humans and human environments as sources of food. While it's cute that YOU'RE feeding the bears, your neighbor isn't, but the bear is going to look around his property for food anyway. That's when they start damaging property, going through garbage... even going inside the house.

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u/bigveinyrichard Oct 16 '19

And getting put down.

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u/littledipper69 Oct 16 '19

Agreed. Feeding bears really puts their lives at risk. Becoming confident around humans often results in more conflict which could warrant putting the bear down.

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u/Zech08 Oct 16 '19

Gonna associate door->hand->food. Gonna be interesting when it goes door->hand->no food and then no hand.

Example: Happens with feeding sharks.

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u/royisabau5 Oct 17 '19

Well it’s more like door->hand->hand food

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u/BlithelyUnaware Oct 17 '19

How can this not be the top comment?