I JUST SENT THIS MESSAGE TO THE SAN FRANCISCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORS:
i heard about the latest decision regarding the fate of the SF parrots, and in light of this you all should seriously consider the following: 1) birds need approximately 1/3 of their bodyweight in order to remain active and survive in cold temperatures, and due to the fact that you have birds from a tropical region where the temperatures never reach such low levels as in SF, the SF parotts are a unique case where indefinite supplemental feeding may be necessary, and i suggest creating some viable parrot habitat in the meantime...
my suggestions are: 1) make golden gate park a restricted wildlife zone off-limits to humans, then plant perrenially seeding plants to provide food for the birds; or 2) demolish the transamerica building and create a bit more habitat there as well; or 3) create viable habitat out on alcatraz and/or angel island (24-7/365 day per year food source[s] and shelter to offset the climate/temperature problem); then literally move some of the birds out there so they can visit the peninsula if they choose; 4) and while you're at it; stop feeding the homeless; 5) stop allowing AIDS patients to smoke the only thing that makes them hungry even though the federal government purposefully poisoned them all; 6) stop sending out welfare checks as well; and 7) if i think of any more ideas i will tell you...
by the way; i feed ducks down here in the south bay and most of these ducks were being fed long before me, and many of the ducks in my adjacent vicinity actually have been fed since they were tiny tots - but they still were taught to forage by their mothers, so it is wrongful to assume that animals 'lose their ability to forage' - this is nonsense; as when plan A fails, they resort to plan B; but the problem is that plan B for ducks quite often equals digging their bills into polluted river mud and/or chemical-laden apartment complex lawns; so supplemental feeding of these particular birds is absolutely necessary for their health and survival (besides; during the pro-environmental clinton era; it was established that backyard habitat is one of the many alternative solutions to rampant building development)...
the bottom line is: humans are going to have to become resigned to the fact that the more they encroach into wildlife territory, the more they will have to live together with non-predatory wildlife in their midst - there is no other humane course of action...
and just remember that while many SF residents will comply with your latest 'nazi death camp bird starvation order'; many will not - you will be just increasingly radicalizing a whole group of pre-radicalized SF radicals...
i heard about the latest decision regarding the fate of the SF parrots, and in light of this you all should seriously consider the following: 1) birds need approximately 1/3 of their bodyweight in order to remain active and survive in cold temperatures, and due to the fact that you have birds from a tropical region where the temperatures never reach such low levels as in SF, the SF parotts are a unique case where indefinite supplemental feeding may be necessary, and i suggest creating some viable parrot habitat in the meantime...
my suggestions are: 1) make golden gate park a restricted wildlife zone off-limits to humans, then plant perrenially seeding plants to provide food for the birds; or 2) demolish the transamerica building and create a bit more habitat there as well; or 3) create viable habitat out on alcatraz and/or angel island (24-7/365 day per year food source[s] and shelter to offset the climate/temperature problem); then literally move some of the birds out there so they can visit the peninsula if they choose; 4) and while you're at it; stop feeding the homeless; 5) stop allowing AIDS patients to smoke the only thing that makes them hungry even though the federal government purposefully poisoned them all; 6) stop sending out welfare checks as well; and 7) if i think of any more ideas i will tell you...
by the way; i feed ducks down here in the south bay and most of these ducks were being fed long before me, and many of the ducks in my adjacent vicinity actually have been fed since they were tiny tots - but they still were taught to forage by their mothers, so it is wrongful to assume that animals 'lose their ability to forage' - this is nonsense; as when plan A fails, they resort to plan B; but the problem is that plan B for ducks quite often equals digging their bills into polluted river mud and/or chemical-laden apartment complex lawns; so supplemental feeding of these particular birds is absolutely necessary for their health and survival (besides; during the pro-environmental clinton era; it was established that backyard habitat is one of the many alternative solutions to rampant building development)...
the bottom line is: humans are going to have to become resigned to the fact that the more they encroach into wildlife territory, the more they will have to live together with non-predatory wildlife in their midst - there is no other humane course of action...
and just remember that while many SF residents will comply with your latest 'nazi death camp bird starvation order'; many will not - you will be just increasingly radicalizing a whole group of pre-radicalized SF radicals...
LRE NOTE: science has shown people like to feed birds - you can't argue with science...
