Now, ordinarily, we take the stance that feeding wild animals is not, as a rule, a good idea. Especially when it comes to bears and wild predators, feeding the animal increases their reliance on humans, which in turn increases their aggressiveness when that free cache of food dries up. But the Racoon Whisperer says that he treats the animals for a variety of ticks, diseases (including rabies), and parasites and that aside from occasional fits of feline distemper, the animals are healthy. There are also no other humans around for the raccoons to disrupt.
The videos are also, with apologies to the rules of conservation, very cute. The raccoons collect their hot dogs politely, standing up, with both little paws.
So is it ok to feed a non-dangerous animal in the wild? Because though what Jim is doing is certainly altering the little ecosystem of raccoons in his immediate area, it doesn't seem like he's hurting them much, does he? Even if they do seem a little corpulent for raccoons, but hey, we can't be throwing stones in that direction.
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PermalinkLove on him!
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PermalinkPlus it gived the old boy pleasure and some company after his wife's passing. My only comment would be to maybe feed them less food than they're getting.
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