Toronto's internet-famous swans fall victim to human feeding
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- The tale of a pair of swans that once dazzled social media has taken a tragic turn and malnutrition is being blamed thanks to human feeding. David Zura reports.
We go down there frequently to watch the birds. You’d be amazed how many people bring bags of bread to feed the waterfowl. The ignorance is mind boggling.
what colour are they?
I had seen that deformity before but I did not know what caused it; how sad. Even if people read the signs, many think, "Oh a little bit couldn't hurt!"
Our bread has little nutritional value. That gave me pause.
literally every day i try to tell people not to feed wild animals and they think it is their right and that they are helping. just watching ducks for example for five minutes will tell you that all they do all day long is eat. wild animals are masters of finding the food. they dont need humans to feed them. humans are the only animals on the planet who dont know their place in the ecosystem. DONT FEED WILD ANIMALS
Sadly, people just don't get it no matter how many times they're told not to feed wild animals human foods. Around me there is a restaurant owner that dumps out catering sized silver trays of leftover bread and rice. He's trying to do a nice thing, but he's doing it every single day and attracting flocks of seagulls, geese and pigeons to two parking lots.
Rice is fine! Tell him to skip the bread
@@anngrosse589 Ah come on! Rice is not good either. Stop feeding wildlife, period!
I hate people. They say people are supposed to be intelligent. I disagree. Now if you want to feed the Canadian geese "human food" go right ahead, but please leave the swans and ducks alone. How many times do we see "Adults" feeding bread to wildlife, just to show their children how wonderful nature is. Please just stay at home and do the world a big favor.
Geese are just as susceptible to angel wing, better to message not to feed wildlife at all.
Awe poor babies...
Thank you City News for posting this video on CZcams. This is pretty accurate as to what had occurred this year with 717 (Charlotte) and Y37 (Mango). This is a very sad reflection on what the public at large unknowing, and in some cases knowingly, did to our wildlife, especially to our magnificent Trumpeter Swans. Our only hope now is that the Angel Wing Deformity in both Baby Cygnets can be corrected by Shades of Hope and both babies can be released in a sanctuary. As mentioned, these two will NOT be returned to their parents, 717 & Y37!!☹☹☹
It may take about a month for 717 & Y37 to recover from their loss. We can only hope that these two will mate next season to have a new beginning with their Baby Cygnets?? As of now, 717 & Y37's season has ended with this tragedy. ☹☹☹
where i live there is a little creek where ducks live year round and every spring they have babies. this year out of 13 babies none have survived.
Another human success story featuring the intelligence of the average citizen.
If you can't stop it, at least give a list of good nutrition food to give.
Too many still won’t get it. 😒
@@mocat1 can't hurt to try. Those poor baby swans, how long until they go extinct?
There's a fish hatchery near me( New York) that has food you can purchase to feed the fish. It's only a quarter for a dixie cup full. Maybe they could do something similar for the swans, geese and ducks.
Nope. This will create a dependency on humans and the results will be similarly negative. Don't feed the swans.
I’ve heard you can give cooked carrots, potatoes and other veggies to ducks and other water birds instead of bread
It’s been known for quite some time. People know this and still think it’s harmless. Yet here we are. So sad. Trust me I get the good intentions of course. I my self use to go down to the lake in Pickering to feed the swans there till we all found out this fact. And never did again. We enjoyed their company. And that was peaceful enough. It’s kind to “want to” feed some animals that appears hungry. And show a kindness and compassion. But when you know the health effects of bread for birds for example then still do it. It’s no longer a kindness. It is out right wrong. Same goes with litter. Stop Littering please. Sincerely everyone whether they know it or not.
No feeding wild animals 😢
How hard is it to feed them oats and seeds, if you must feed them at all?
The point is not to feed them or any wild animal.
Never give a wild bird bread. I give my Jays and Cardinals wild bird food only but Swans and ducks should be left to their own
Put up more gruesome photos of what feeding animals does. Make people disgusted by their actions. I’m so tired of having to explain and educate people on why human food is no good for animals usually.
listen to the music in the background, it is really weird what has happened, but it is what it is, i remember nobody went in the water people had bonfire party on beaches at night as teens, nobody went during the day to swim or feed animals
Maybe, just maybe, signs describing the consequences of human feeding would help.
they already do bro. did you even watch the video
🤡 ur a clown huh
@@themaster3132 Mofo's are illiterate imbeciles
Maybe, just maybe, you are a self congratulatory ignoramus
People rarely read signs. The small handful that will read it, are the ones that already know better.
People are so _amn hardheaded!
Some of the people being interviewed are feeding them.
By laws only work when they are enforced
Don't feed wild animals.
Have a parks officer standing by and ticket people...oh wait...that would involve punishing an individual😂🇨🇦in canada we only punish the collective🎉
Your weird sulking helps no one
“Very detailed sign”
Maybe someone qualified in communications, marketing, or psychology should have designed the sign, not the animal biologist. Most people can’t read well, and refuse to.
I was wondering the same thing. If the more detailed, technical warning isn't doing it, maybe it's time for the sledgehammer- a sign that says bread kills birds or something like that. That being said, some people just know what they know and won't listen to anyone. They think anyone who dares to criticise them is just a buzzkill interfering with their good time. Main character syndrome, I suppose.
It's up to individuals to know the laws of the land, and you can only get away for so long, in saying you didn't know or blame it on language. To drive a car in Canada, you have to understand and read basic English, so highly likely that one person in a family understands English and can educate others. What we need is our educators to get on board and get the message out to kids, so they can educate their parents.
Finally! proof that the food we consume isn't fit for animals! Yet we think if they sell it at the grocery store then it should be safe!! Ha ha ha
Don’t feed em bread feed them peas
They ❣️ sweet corn , oats and seeds. ✨🌞💫
Don’t feed them at all
Maybe if they spoke English, they would be able to read the signs. Try try Hindi or Punjabi.
You’re probably racist, but it is true there’s lots of immigrants and reading in a second language with a totally different alphabet is hard work. The “detailed sign” is off putting to anyone with any barrier to reading and kind of absurdly ignores what most people know about basic psychology and marketing.
Do they post signs? NO BREAD! I was at a location in the states where they have machines with bird food in them and you put a quarter in and get a handful of proper bird seed.
The way they talk about the wildlife out of both sides of their mouths is amazing. They give them human emotions but not human food
I can equate you to an an an animal but wouldn’t feed you dog food.
I'm all for feeding birds. But to be dependent on us and then move......new tenants don't feed them. Well!
They leave.
I feel sorry when they are mandated experimental voodoo
How does it reporter know what these swans were thinking... that they would have thought their children were dead? Come on!
“Come on”, the argument of the inarticulate aggressively sticking to their own assumptions
If someone knows this little about bird behavior, they should probably refrain from feeding birds. 😂
Corn, peas… oats and seeds….. but most 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 give them….. BREAD?!
Put them in jail!!!
🤬🤬🤬☠️🖕🏽🖕🏽🖕🏽
Just don't feed