Randi Minetor

So feeding the animals is just a rotten thing to do to the animals.

It's not fair to them.

They are perfectly capable of finding their own food.

But that doesn't make it okay.

Particularly if you've got bears that are coming into your home.

Nobody wants that.

Honestly, even the bear doesn't want that.

They just want the peanut butter.

Well, both things are true, but they do remember where they got an easy meal.

so that's a that's a thing to to keep in mind and especially when these animals are feeding young or when they're getting ready for their winter hibernation they need a lot more calories and so throughout the fall in particular they need lots more calories that they can they can pack on so that they can make it through several months without actually eating anything

so knowing that that's when they're going to be looking for more food uh so that's summer and fall essentially um and discouraging that making it you know more and more difficult for them to get food from you they will eventually get discouraged but they do remember where they got an easy meal and they will come back over and over and that's not just bears it's just wildlife in general

Yeah, that's squirrels, that's groundhogs, that's bobcats generally don't eat what we eat.

They're looking for fresh kill.

So they're not, you know, you may see them cross your yard, but they're not going to hang out there.

Probably.

Yeah.

Bobcats are kind of loners.

They're not going to be coming together in big groups.

So you're seeing the one that this is that cat's territory.

And yes, there could well be many animals.