Feeding the Animals at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
WEBMike Maslanka, head nutritionist at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, talks about what it takes to feed 2000 animals from 400 different species 365 days a year.
The Hidden Harm in Feeding Your Local Wildlife
WEBBut feeding wild animals, whether on purpose or by accident, can be harmful to their health and ours. Read on to learn more about how to safely interact with your local critters. It can be easy to see wild animals in our backyards and public areas and think that they are just like our pets at home.
Why Do Humans Feed So Many Animals? - The New York Times
WEBMay 11, 2021 · Humans feed animals all the time, whether it’s our pets, the chickens we plan to eat or the ducks at the park pond, even though we shouldn’t. Throughout history in fat years and lean across...
Feeding Wildlife - PAWS
WEBThe food humans usually feed to wild animals is not nutritionally complete, and it can cause serious health problems for the animals, especially when they are young and still developing. Most wild animals are opportunistic and will concentrate on the easiest food source available.
Feeding Animals Isn’t Always as Harmless as It Seems
WEBAug 10, 2022 · People all around the world feed animals, ranging from household companions for whom we control when, where, how, and what they eat to their free-ranging relatives, to garden birds and squirrels...
Why Do We Feed Birds—and Should We? A Q&A With the Experts
WEBDec 18, 2018 · Feeding birds allows people to do that in a really easy way, because they are coming to you. These animals are coming right to your window. Also, when you are contributing your observations to a really large data set, your little observations take on a …
Feeding the Animals at the National Zoo | Smithsonian
WEBApr 7, 2009 · The National Zoo hired the world's first official animal nutritionist in 1978 and now has two: Maslanka and Karen Lisi. Their work is an important part of preventative health care. A proper diet...
Why Do We Feed Wild Animals? - The New York Times
WEBJan 6, 2016 · We give food to wild creatures out of a desire to help them, spreading cut apples on snowy lawns for blackbirds, hanging up feeders for chickadees. The British nature writer Mark Cocker holds...
WWF Champions Sustainable Animal Feed Solutions - World …
WEBOct 26, 2023 · WWF is advocating for sustainable animal feed production to address the environmental impact and promote responsible farming practices.
Animals nursing humans and humans nursing animals. - Slate …
WEBMar 20, 2013 · In the highlands of New Guinea, women nursed orphaned piglets; in South America, they breastfed baby deer, opossums, monkeys; in Japan, the Ainu people were said to suckle bear cubs.