{"id":45482,"date":"2025-07-07T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/45482\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T08:12:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T08:12:16","slug":"asking-eric-dont-feed-wild-animals-near-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/45482\/","title":{"rendered":"Asking Eric: Don\u2019t feed wild animals near your home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KQ6JXFKQH5AS5B6J6NFJIHTG64\"><b>Dear Eric: <\/b>This is regarding \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/advice\/2025\/06\/asking-eric-my-friend-keeps-feeding-wild-animals-and-im-concerned-for-their-safety.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/advice\/2025\/06\/asking-eric-my-friend-keeps-feeding-wild-animals-and-im-concerned-for-their-safety.html\">Also an Animal Lover<\/a>\u201d, whose neighbor was feeding wild animals in her backyard. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"N2IXUNAFZ5BI5GLQ35K7GBPT5A\">I lived next door to a woman who would feed deer and one day my wife counted 32 deer in our backyard ravaging our flowers and bushes. I called the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and their investigation uncovered that she was also harboring raccoons in her garage and slept with a bear cub in her bedroom! Thankfully the DEC gave her a citation, the animals were removed and her deer feeding was curbed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FMBBGPQFYFBFRNRJ5LE6RQ7NLM\">Your correspondent needs to do more than just website suggestions; she needs to contact her state environmental authorities to get them to curb her neighbor\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IUZEZ2PLA5GEPOXFUQ6LSXCOP4\">\u2013 Responsible Animal Lover<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3BF3PKCX2BG3BDOJIWM2V2ZCGQ\"><b>Dear Animal Lover:<\/b> This is extreme and extremely dangerous. In many states, it\u2019s also illegal to feed wild animals, so even if the neighbor is not harboring them in her home, she still puts herself at risk of a citation or fine, in addition to the clear danger presented by some of the animals themselves. If she won\u2019t listen to reason, the authorities need to intervene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CSB5RW4LEBEOVOXFK73BY2ZP7A\">(<b>Send questions to R. Eric Thomas<\/b> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/advice\/2025\/07\/mailto:eric@askingeric.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">eric@askingeric.com<\/a> or P.O. Box 22474, Philadelphia, PA 19110. 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