‘help’ can include ‘interacting positively with’ and anything else done specifically for their benefit.
“Each day”? Like on average? Trending towards 0, I suppose.
I did help a bug out the window recently, does that count?
Into the inferno? You monster!
It makes absolutely no difference temperature-wise whether you’re in my flat or outside.
it does :)
There’s a crow I give peanuts to every morning on my way to work.
every morning on my way to work.
So you don’t go out of your way. Another zero.
Fucking stop. Dont fucking feed wildlife.
More sources for the down voters:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4778448/
https://thefurbearers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022-04-06-Feeding-Lit-Review-V.2.pdf
https://scisimple.com/en/articles/2025-08-04-the-impact-of-feeding-wildlife-on-health--ak56p4m
https://www.environmental-auditing.org/media/2939/2013_wgea_wild-life_view.pdf
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.17
https://www.lpzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grades-6-to-8_FeedingWildlife.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320716306851
I avoid killing spiders? I live in the city, there aren’t many wild animals here. Back when I lived in Marseille, the only ones were dirty rats and I really have close to zero empathy for them, I’m sorry.
Does a baby count as a wild animal?
Today I shot two Australian Magpies that were hassling the native Tui - helping the tui, not so much the invasive magpie
Does that count?
I carry a granola bar on my physical therapy bike rides to give to any wild feral humans I encounter. There are a lot. Midway through my ride crosses the point where a charity usual does a dinner handout in the evenings. If they miss a day, there are a bunch of people searching through the trash cans and stuff. So I try to have something to hand them.
With my disability over the last 12 years, I’m vulnerable to issues on the bike if I have problems or something breaks. So I’m super prepared and help people all the time in general.
When there is wildlife around I’ll stop and flag anyone down to make sure the animal is fine or doesn’t hurt anyone, like with snakes. I’m also obnoxious on a bike and do not hesitate to call out to people or animals when I pass them, so I rarely hit anything. I’m still strong enough to bunny hop on a bike to miss stuff like large snakes on the bike trail, but that risks injury to my neck and back.
Everyday. I feed the birds that live around me everyday, twice a day. When I get home from work they are usually around waiting, chilling in my garden, ready for some easy food.
It is nice to give them a space that they can mostly relax in and get some easy food, the city is fucking harsh especially for birds that a lot of people see as pests. I prefer these birds to most people so I’m happy to give them something to look forward to, some respite.
Stop feeding them. You dont know the proper diet for every bird you are feeding so fucking stop and leave them the fuck be.
More sources for the down voters:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4778448/
https://thefurbearers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022-04-06-Feeding-Lit-Review-V.2.pdf
https://scisimple.com/en/articles/2025-08-04-the-impact-of-feeding-wildlife-on-health--ak56p4m
https://www.environmental-auditing.org/media/2939/2013_wgea_wild-life_view.pdf
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.17
https://www.lpzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grades-6-to-8_FeedingWildlife.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320716306851
Lol, fuck off idiot. You don’t even know what I’m fucking feeding them you dumb fucking cunt. Coming into this thread throwing around loads of fucks at everyone.
For your fucking information I do know what fucking birds I am feeding and have researched what fucking food is best for them and have bought the best fucking food for them. The fact that over the last three fucking years I have have helped feed multiple fucking families of birds so that now the wildlife population around my fucking house is thriving in comparison to before is fucking proof of that.
If they didn’t want to eat my fucking food then they wouldn’t keep fucking returning here. The majority of my visitors are fucking pigeons and the bird seed I fucking buy is a lot fucking better for them than the scavenged bread and trash they find on the fucking street, which they would be eating a lot fucking more of if it weren’t for me.
Go back to fucking reddit you piece of shit, your fucking attitude isn’t wanted around Lemmy you dumb fuck.
I know it probably wasn’t your intention, but thank you for making my day with this comment, and for doing your part for the fucking birds.
No fucking problem man :D
You plan on dying there? Then training all your descendants to live there and all to continue feeding the birds? Oh, thats prolly not what’s in your plan for the next 50 years? THEN STOP TRAINING BIRDS THAT YOUR LOCATION IS WHERE THEY CAN ALWAYS FIND FOOD SO THEY DONT TEACH THEIR OFFSPRING TO ALWAYS GO THERE FOR FOOD. Glad you got your panties that far in a bunch over a recommendation backed by literally every single wild life study ever conducted. DONT FEED WILD ANIMALS IN ANY CAPACITY. LEAVE THEM FUCKING BE. Do you know all the diseases you can pass to wild animals and take proper precautions? Do you know if you the feed you are providing is at the correct humidity and temp to avoid rotting food? Do make sure there is no standing water in your bird feeders that the seeds sit in? Silly me of course you do, otherwise you wouldn’t have called me a cunt!
Just based on your quick trigger to call me a cunt I assume you are UK so:
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/garden/1998364/urgent-warning-feeding-birds
https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/uk-households-issued-warning-anyone-30814526
More sources for the down voters:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4778448/
https://thefurbearers.com/wp-content/uploads/2022-04-06-Feeding-Lit-Review-V.2.pdf
https://scisimple.com/en/articles/2025-08-04-the-impact-of-feeding-wildlife-on-health--ak56p4m
https://www.environmental-auditing.org/media/2939/2013_wgea_wild-life_view.pdf
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.17
https://www.lpzoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grades-6-to-8_FeedingWildlife.pdf
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320716306851
Lol, you dumb cunt, you didn’t even read the “sources” you sent me.
The literal second line of the second article you linked is “It’s crucial to leave out food for our feathered friends during the colder months”
It then goes on the describe how beneficial it is to leave out fresh water and the correct foods for the birds. All of these foods that I provide because like I said I researched what was good for them and I clean and give fresh water to them everyday too.
It says not to feed them bread and the like which I don’t do.
Step away from the caps lock and stop being a dumb cunt and then I wouldn’t need to call you a cunt, would I?
Can’t even read your own damn “proof”, seen as we are making assumptions of nationality based on behaviour you must be US born and bred!
Have a good day fuck knuckle.
Everything ive said including the articles specific to UK were for your education. Not everyone on the internet is out to get you. All im saying is leave fucking wildlife the fuck alone. You are the only one calling people cunts lo because you think uou know better than every study ever done around interacting with wildlife.
I don’t interact with many wild animals on the average day, but I do go to great lengths to catch and release bugs and such when killing them would be much easier.
I feed anything I come across. I helped a tortoise into the trees a few days ago. Second time I’ve seen him. We have frogs lately after it rains. Cute little guys. I love animals and wish I encountered more every day.
On average I don’t really need to go far out my way, because it’s mostly insects or spiders. I just catch the bees and release them outside, not far of their hive, don’t use something because a spider live here or help some thing trapped somewhere stupid.
One day my partner and I did 30km for an injured bat, because there was nobody closer who could take and heal her. I saw the birds the organization took in (for healing/helping) the same day, and you don’t often have a chance to see a baby owl in real life!
My dad likes to feed wild racoons and I help him with that. He puts some dog food and a couple other things out for them and they come up every night to get some and hang out for a bit before returning home
Do my bird feeders count? Does my garden built with biodiversity and creating small pockets for criters and bugs count?
Not using pesticides and trying to use organic products to manage my gardens.
If those count, then 100% daily through active and passive means.
Our yard has bunnies, wild birds, assorted pollinators, squirrels and even an opossum living under our bay window. All of this on 1/2 acre in the suburbs. Planting perrenials is fun.
I slow down when driving past kangaroos. God forgot to give them any brains so they like to just jump into cars and get themselves killed and fuck up ur car in the process. Sometimes they jump into the side of a moving vehicle after chasing it down cos they are that suicidal.
around 2 million people live here, and the only wild animal i have encountered in the recent years are my gipsy neighbours.
We feed three homeless cats that stop by when they get hungry. My preference with houseflies is to open the door, all these flies want is to leave.
