Feeding Ducks and Geese - Yes or No?

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Hi,

Thank you all for the responses. I have added a brief description in the original post and I have since created a multiple choice survey here...

Animals in the city. Survey

If anyone else wants to help me out it is greatly appreciated. This version is completely anonymous and probably much faster.

THANK YOU

[donjuan_corn]

1. Have you ever fed wild geese/ducks or other waterfowl at any point in your life? As a child? As an adult? Yes, had a farm and fed pigeons, ducks, geese, emus, peafowl, peacocks, pheasants.

2.Would you consider this an important pastime or significant experience in your life? I would say that it's always nice to feed an animal that enjoys the food.

2.5. Do you think everyone should do this once in their lifetime? YEs

3. Was this experience enjoyable? Not enjoyable? How did it make you feel? Good, wouldn't say it was the best thing ever but it was fun.

4. Why did you feel the urge/desire/need to feed the animals. Were you told to? Did you think they were hungry? For the Experience. List anything you can think of. The chickens needed to eat so I fed them daily. I was told to. But I fed wild birds for fun.

5. Do you take your children to feed the ducks/geese at the local pond? If you do, why?No children.

6. If there someone came up to you and told you not to feed the ducks/geese. How would you feel? Would you listen? Feel like your personal freedoms were being attacked? Nope, but I pet all the animals at the zoo even though it says not too.

7. If there were a sign telling you not to feed them, would you still do it? Nope

8. Would you stop if it was frowned upon/discouraged? Nope

9.. Would you stop if it was against the law? Yes

10. In general, why do you think people feed wild animals? Fun to do, like I said nice to feed the hungry.

11. What are some other examples of your childhood pastimes? Swimming, cliff jumping, bike riding, board games, movies.

[Hammer]

1. Have you ever fed wild geese/ducks or other waterfowl at any point in your life? As a child? As an adult?
yes

2.Would you consider this an important pastime or significant experience in your life?
yes..my kids love it
2.5. Do you think everyone should do this once in their lifetime?
yes
3. Was this experience enjoyable? Not enjoyable? How did it make you feel?
very
4. Why did you feel the urge/desire/need to feed the animals. Were you told to? Did you think they were hungry? For the Experience. List anything you can think of.
connection to an animal and provide the same for my children
5. Do you take your children to feed the ducks/geese at the local pond? If you do, why?
yes
6. If there someone came up to you and told you not to feed the ducks/geese. How would you feel? Would you listen? Feel like your personal freedoms were being attacked?
I would want to know why. I feed cracked corn and millet..something a duck would probably find on its migration route. Especially on our flyway through the Lower Mainland
7. If there were a sign telling you not to feed them, would you still do it?
no
8. Would you stop if it was frowned upon/discouraged?
yes
9.. Would you stop if it was against the law?
yes
10. In general, why do you think people feed wild animals?
to feel connected to nature and get a chance to observe animals up and close.
11. What are some other examples of your childhood pastimes?
fishing, hiking, hockey, skiing, watching animals.