Don’t Feed Wild Dolphins

August 10, 2009 by USFWS  

Feeding wild animals -- including the loveable dolphin -- can have deadly consequences for them. Wild creatures learn to beg for food and, in the process, lose their natural fear of people. And so dolphins swim too close to churning boat propellers and get severely injured. Or they get entangled in fishing hooks and lines and die. They get sick from eating bait and people food like beer, pretzels, candy and hot dogs. And finally, feeding wild dolphins disrupts their social groups and ultimately threatens their ability to survive in the wild. Hear it straight from a dolphin.

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