3 ms·

Since this is waste - why not provide an easy way for them to access it such that they don't make a mess? Some thoughts: 1) Could making it available be more

Since this is waste - why not provide an easy way for them to access it such that they don't make a mess? Some thoughts: 1) Could making it available be more effort than trying to restrict access? 2) The food is bad for them? But they are eating it anyway it seems. Will they adapt over time? Since humans are taking all their natural spaces away - why not encourage species to adapt to what we leave them? 3) Their adaptation makes them dependent on us... but only the ones that live around us. Besides - are we imagining a future where we aren't here? If no, then why not help them?

byvirtueof 4y ago
A great thought, but much of our waste is outright dangerous to animals. Think sharp half-opened cans that bears cut their tongues on, plastic multipack can straps that the necks of smaller animals get stuck in. If you want to make waste accessible, you'll have to separate it into stuff safe for animals, and the rest, and since many tourists can hardly clean up after themselves, this seems like a herculean task to me. Plus encouraging possibly dangerous animals to get close to human areas might not be the smartest thing to do.
nabogh 4y ago
Haven't seen many cockatoos go for rubbish where I live (they like the bugs more) but if they're anything like the crows at my old school they make a lot of mess when they open a bin. The crows used to lift a rather heavy metal lid and then scatter rubbish everywhere.
Theodores 4y ago
This could be sold as freedom of the marketplace with bears now able to bid for waste management which is rebranded as recycling. I have ten sparrows that I put food out for in the middle of the city. This attracts pigeons, that the neighbours are not keen on. The sound of a distant crow and they are off, however, they will wait there for a speck of grain that gets dislodged by a sparrow all day. The area has been devised so that specks of grain only fall into sparrow only areas but there is still the chance. The golden rule is to not feed the animals. I am breaking it selfishly, those sparrows would be a pair, if that. When I move, or when I can't justify their food bill (£1 a day), they will just die.
neutronicus 4y ago
Tough to do in a way that doesn't also attract other unwanted animals
tomatotomato37 4y ago
You're assuming that the mess is a side effect rather than the end goal with Cockatoos. Don't forget we are talking about an animal that evolved with a flag on their head that goes up to indicate the level of chaos in the area is about to increase
deleted 4y ago
[deleted]

byvirtueof 4y ago

A great thought, but much of our waste is outright dangerous to animals. Think sharp half-opened cans that bears cut their tongues on, plastic multipack can straps that the necks of smaller animals get stuck in. If you want to make waste accessible, you'll have to separate it into stuff safe for animals, and the rest, and since many tourists can hardly clean up after themselves, this seems like a herculean task to me. Plus encouraging possibly dangerous animals to get close to human areas might not be the smartest thing to do.

nabogh 4y ago

Haven't seen many cockatoos go for rubbish where I live (they like the bugs more) but if they're anything like the crows at my old school they make a lot of mess when they open a bin. The crows used to lift a rather heavy metal lid and then scatter rubbish everywhere.

Theodores 4y ago

This could be sold as freedom of the marketplace with bears now able to bid for waste management which is rebranded as recycling. I have ten sparrows that I put food out for in the middle of the city. This attracts pigeons, that the neighbours are not keen on. The sound of a distant crow and they are off, however, they will wait there for a speck of grain that gets dislodged by a sparrow all day. The area has been devised so that specks of grain only fall into sparrow only areas but there is still the chance. The golden rule is to not feed the animals. I am breaking it selfishly, those sparrows would be a pair, if that. When I move, or when I can't justify their food bill (£1 a day), they will just die.

neutronicus 4y ago

Tough to do in a way that doesn't also attract other unwanted animals

tomatotomato37 4y ago

You're assuming that the mess is a side effect rather than the end goal with Cockatoos. Don't forget we are talking about an animal that evolved with a flag on their head that goes up to indicate the level of chaos in the area is about to increase

deleted 4y ago

[deleted]