5PM_Feedback's Blog

With all due respect to the urbanites of our world, my back yard was an animal feeding ground before it was my back yard.

Wait....what animals are we talking about? Cats, dogs, birds....or dangerous ones like raccoons or rodents that carry diseases?? I can't help but think of that lady that was on the news a couple of months ago that was feeding rats. Next thing you know, they are running around the whole neighborhood like they own it. Or a lady I saw on Animal Planet that was feeding raccoons. The situation got so bad for her that she had to call animal control to help her because the raccoons were starting to act hostile. Certain animals shouldn't be encouraged because it can be dangerous, but other than that, I agree with the rest....my backyard is my business (when I get one someday, LOL)!!!!

I wish this didn't have to be a law. The decision to feed local animals and wildlife should be left up to common sense. However, there are too many people out there that fill their houses with wildlife and live in conditions that often spread disease, ruining what should be a basic right for all of us. Maybe someday we'll work towards a system that can better differentiate between those who help and hurt these animals.

I agree with the SPCA wild animals find their own food.It's nice to care for the animals,but nature uses food supply to control animal population.Once you interfere in that system you could do more damage than good. Ethanthom

Its not really a bird feeder when she drops 15 pounds of birdseed out her second story window onto the sidewalk and has every pigeon in Massachusetts leaving droppings on my car and roof. The peanut shells and holes from squirrels is just another anscillary benefit to living next to this woman. And her adorable 3 cats? Filthy and sitting in my backyard every night when I get home. But who cares what she does on her own property right? It doesn't affect anyone else!