Don't feed wildlife

[Spaceman Spiff]

Rats and mice distribute hantavirus in their stool, chew up car wiring.
Skunks have a very obnoxious defense mechanism, can carry rabies.
Racoons are very destructive, will chew on anything with salt, carry rabies too.
"a fed bear is a dead bear", very creative in getting into things for food.

All of them are very good scavengers.
Don't want any of them in my camp.

 

[Cammalu]

My cats take care of the mice thankfully.

People carry a lot of diseases too. I happen to
love all critters. I put out bird feeders too.

 

[Iñigo Sanchez]

I have never attempted to feed wildlife that I get to encounter on my RV journey.

 

[hugemoth]

The only animals I feed are mosquitoes. I'm with Cammalu, enjoy seeing wildlife in camp, even bears. Need to start a thread about interesting animal encounters.

 

[Cammalu]

I got to see a small herd of bighorns this year out in the desert near Quartzsite.

 

[user 30781]

There's an area near Wenatchee that's known for them.  I've seen them once there.

I was visiting a friend in Thompson Falls, MT one weekend.  We were driving around the valley and she goes "I want to show you something" and pulls down this dirt road, drives a little bit.  We come around a corner and there is a whole herd of bighorns.  She stops the car and they surrounded it.  It was pretty cool!

 

[NctryBen]

There’s a couple near me who have fed deer for years. They’ve been asked not to, but they still do it. Guess where you see the most road kill!

 

[Graham35]

I agree that wild animals cannot be fed. This is not useful for both humans and animals themselves.

 

[G0ldengirl68]

Imagine such a raven at an Ehrenberg or Quartzsite outdoor group meal....

I can't agree more about this information.  I'm glad you brought it up because boon-docking, or even in National or State parks that can create a problem for the animals, and the people ;(