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[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 68 points 5 months ago

there is actual potential harm when feeding birds, they can spread disease and become reliant on humans for food, if you want to do crimes pirate a game or something instead

[-] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 24 points 5 months ago

People also often feed bread to birds, but bread is harmful to birds because it doesn't provide the nutrients they need while filling them up so that they don't go find more nutritious foods.

[-] casmael@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago

So apparently there was a campaign in the uk telling people to stop feeding bread to ducks, but when it worked loads of ducks died because you know. Less bread. Idk. Seems pretty silly to me just let people feed bread to ducks whatever man there are way more serious problems to worry about imo.

[-] KombatWombat@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Just feed them seeds instead.

[-] OKRainbowKid@feddit.de 11 points 5 months ago

You wouldn't feed a bird.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

And lot of the food just goes to rats, which just helps the rat population.

[-] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 3 points 5 months ago
[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Wild rats are indeed a pest, but don't hate ALL rats. Fancy rats are great!

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

They are reliant on humans. Go follow some rules that aren't cruel.

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 24 points 5 months ago

It's arguably crueller to feed them chips than to feed them nothing.

[-] rivvvver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 5 months ago
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[-] mathematicalMagpie@lemm.ee 24 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Maybe they should say, "don't poison the birds," because that's what you're actually doing.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 13 points 5 months ago

Or "don't feed the rats", since that's another worry when people feed birds.

[-] clemdemort@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago
[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Gotta meet my daily crime quota, and this seemed like a nice opportunity.

[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 5 months ago

Please only feed the birbs food that you've confirmed to be birb-safe.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 5 months ago

I think we have a little revolutionary on our hands :)

[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago

Hell of a shot though. Looks like a Starling of some type. Maybe Eurasian? Maybe just common.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Not sure! They are kinda new in my town, few years. Super interesting birds. Saw two of them stare down a teenage girl at the bus stop until she gave them part of her sandwich.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

two of them stare[d] down a teenage girl at the bus stop until she gave them [her food]

Wonder why the city wouldn’t want people feeding lil featherbirbs :)

(For context I love birds enough to be concerned about doing right by them even though feeding them is fun and initially seems like must be benign if not actually helpful)

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

To make my crime less exciting, I can add that the rule isn't about the birds really. We have recently developet rat problems, but: a lot of people feed birds by dumping sacks of bread which the rats eat. And on top of that some rat activists (yes) proceed to dump huge piles of food specifically for the rats but claim to the law that it's bird food.

So it's "forbidden" only as a technicality to be able to prosecute rat feeders. Bird feeding, and especially direct feeding, they don't care about.

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My entire country advises against feeding birds or any wildlife, it’s harmful to them.

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 3 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure it's a French fry.

[-] Deestan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Part of a oatmeal raisin scone.

[-] WashedOver@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago

Is it because they aren't real and robots don't need food?

/s

[-] nifty@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Robots do need food, it comes from your wall outlets or batteries

[-] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

You should avoid feeding any wild animal if you can. Except maybe hummingbirds.

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I know a specialist in Bird Law if you need one.

[-] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

OP likes to live dangerously

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