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Short-term bang of fireworks has long-term impact on wildlife
- mdp2021 4y ago...Another corroboration that humanity is losing the sense of health - which appears very strongly in terms of the approach to noise. > Examples included fireworks in Spanish festivals impacting the breeding success of House Sparrows, July firework displays being implicated in the decline of Brandt's Cormorant colonies in California, and South American sea lions changing their behavior during breeding season as a result of New Year's fireworks in Chile
- bell-cot 4y agoThe article indicates similar negative effects on domestic animals. And major negative effects from chemical pollution. And leads with: "Popular fireworks should be replaced with cleaner drone and laser light shows to avoid the "highly damaging" impact ...". Realistically... People love their fireworks, and often don't much care about wildlife. If you want to improve things, first push hard to minimize the toxic chemicals, with a "like replacing leaded gas with unleaded" spin. Then try to restrict the locations/times of fireworks use, with farmers & pet owners as your conspicuous allies.