How trash, dog chow, bird seed, and other food attractants along the urban interface are “killing” grizzlies and stifling the bears’ natural expansion.

Many birds cache durable foods such as conifer seeds. But gray jays like perishable goods: blueberries and moose flesh. They count on nature to turn down the thermostat and keep all that food fresh—nature’s refrigerator. In the last few decades, though, Ontario has seen a series of unusually warm autumns—rotten news for the birds.

How trash, dog chow, bird seed, and other food attractants along the urban interface are “killing” grizzlies and stifling the bears’ natural expansion.

It may have been palatable but, it wasn’t digestible. Please let this be a lesson in recycling: The young Albatross was found dead and full of trash. Birds often cannot distinguish human garbage floating in the ocean from natural food. It’s called a trashcan, people.

In Australia the debate is starting to heat up about opening the floodgates to the cultivating of genetically modified foods. It's based on fear: lack of water, protection from bird flu. There are two big pictures: one innovating respectfully in harmony with nature. The other "improving" upon and altering nature.