It’s now illegal in Toronto to feed the pigeons or ducks in High Park or offer peanuts to the squirrels on your back deck. Though initially, the city wants to educate people about the dangers, ultimately, feeding wildlife could result in fines.
Where Chris Stephens lives, anti-bird spikes line nearby roofs while a decoy hawk screech plays on a loop from a speaker at a neighbouring condo building. And still his eighth-floor balcony is covered in pigeon poop.
On Saturday, new city regulations came into effect that might bring some peace to Torontonians like Stephens: as of April 1,It’s now illegal in Toronto to feed the pigeons or ducks in High Park or offer peanuts to the squirrels on your back deck. Though initially the city simply wants to educate people about the dangers, ultimately, feeding wildlife could result in fines of hundreds of dollars.
Overcrowding can also lead to outbreaks of disease. Last October, Toronto saw a dramatic rise in reported animal carcasses due toAvian flu is also of high concern, Attard said. “It’s a really nasty, highly pathogenic virus spread easily between birds.” Feeding birds can cause them to congregate, crowd and pass the disease.
“It’s additional work,” she acknowledged. “But if you don’t maintain your bird feeder, you could actually poison these animals.”
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