You’ve seen or heard about the zoo signs which warn visitors not to feed the monkeys or other animals in their enclosures.
There’s even similar signs on the fences of semi rural properties where horses are kept either by the woners or for agistment.
It’s all for a good reason of course and now it’s the turn of local ducks to gain some signage protection.
Feeding ducks and other wildlife at the local pond may seem like a fun and harmless activity, says Campbelltown City Council, but it actually does the animals more harm than good.
Indeed feeding ducks at the local pond could potentially make them sick.
And depending on what sort food people offer the ducks it could also negatively affect the water quality of the pond.
For these reasons, Campbelltown City Council has now installed signage at local reserves which have large bodies of water, to provide the community with information about why they shouldn’t feed the wildlife.
There’s a few of these ponds around but so far the signage has been installed at sites on Mandurama Reserve, Ambarvale; Eagle Farm Reserve, Eagle Vale; at Marsden Park, Campbelltown; and the public reserve at Maryfields Bridge, Blair Athol.
If you would like to find out a bit more about all this signage initiative or just to get a bit more information generally check out the brochure here or visit Campbelltown City Council’s website at https://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/home.
Or you can click on this link: https://www.campbelltown.nsw.gov.au/RLE/LocalEnvironment/BushlandAndWildlife/DontFeedOurWildlife for more information.
