Read more at why bread is bad for wild waterfowl.
Glossary:
Malnutrition: the unhealthy condition that results from not eating enough food or not eating enough healthy food : poor nutrition
Rodents: rats and mice
Bacteria: tiny organisms (creatures) that live everywhere, including soil, water, organic
matter, and in the bodies of animals. Many are good for you, but some cause diseases.
Angel wings: is a wing deformity, also known as slipped wing, commonly
found in ducks and geese where the last joint of the wing is twisted
outward. The leading cause of Angel wing is high levels of
protein in the diets of growing waterfowl. Most
Angel wings in waterfowl occur at parks where the public can
feed ducks and geese items like bread, which are high in protein and are
not a proper diet for these animals. This high energy,
unlimited feed, makes young waterfowl grow too fast and their
wing weight outgrows the strength of the wing to support it. This
causes the twisting.
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