• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
Jackson Hole Radio

Jackson Hole Radio

Covering the Tetons since 1965

LISTEN LIVE

  • KMTN
  • KJAX
  • KZJH
  • La Nueva
Covering the Tetons since 1965
  • Home
  • News from Jackson Hole
  • About Us
  • National Parks
  • Wildlife
  • Contact Us

Wyoming says “Don’t feed wildlife”

January 4, 2022 by Jackson Hole Radio

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department is urging the public not to feed wildlife during the winter months as they are sometimes tempted to do. State biologists explain that private feeding of wildlife can cause serious problems. Each year there are many examples of how a well-meaning gesture to “help” wildlife actually leads to their demise.
Big game animals, such as deer and moose will readily eat hay, but the micro-organisms in their stomachs that aid in digestion are adapted to breakdown vegetation the animal naturally consumes during winter months, primarily woody plants. This means it takes a lot longer to digest hay, which is not normally available to them during the winter.



That’s why these animals can often starve to death despite having a stomach full of hay, bird seed, fruit, grain or pellets. Disease is another consideration. Artificial feeding of wildlife generally concentrates the animals in a small area creating conditions that are ripe for diseases and parasites to be readily spread from one animal to the next, and throughout a whole herd.
 

  • Author
  • Recent Posts
Jackson Hole Radio
Jackson Hole Radio
The Jackson Hole Radio staff has been covering news in Teton County, WY since 1963. Our editorial team is committed to providing readers, and listeners, with first-hand accounts of everyday life in one of America's most beautiful towns.
Jackson Hole Radio
Latest posts by Jackson Hole Radio (see all)
  • Teton County Fairgrounds Grassy Arena to Close for Fair Preparations - July 9, 2025
  • Jackson Hole Land Trust to Host 45th Annual Community Picnic at Indian Springs Ranch - July 8, 2025
  • Teton County Search and Rescue to Conduct Flyover During Jackson’s Fourth of July Parade - July 2, 2025

Filed Under: News from Jackson Hole, Wildlife Tagged With: Game and Fish

Primary Sidebar

LISTEN LIVE!

  • KMTN
  • KJAX
  • KZJH
  • La Nueva

Trash & Treasure Weekdays @ 9:30 on KMTN 733-5686 or email tnt@jacksonholeradio.com

Advertise with Jackson Hole Radio

Jackson Hole Radio Youtube

Tags

Avalanche Bears Bison Crime Elk Refuge Game and Fish Grand Teton National Park Grizzlies Health Highway Fatality Housing Jackson Hole Wyoming News KMTN Mountain Lion Planning and Politics Recreation Regional News Search and Rescue Skiing Sports Teton Valley tourism Travel Victor and Driggs Water quality Wildfire Wolves Wyoming Legislature Yellowstone National Park

Recent Posts

  • Teton County Fairgrounds Grassy Arena to Close for Fair Preparations
  • Wyoming Game and Fish Opens Applications for Hunter Management Area Permission Slips
  • Jackson Hole Land Trust to Host 45th Annual Community Picnic at Indian Springs Ranch
  • Teton County Search and Rescue to Conduct Flyover During Jackson’s Fourth of July Parade
  • START Bus Announces Fourth of July Commuter Schedule Changes in Jackson

Recent Comments

No comments to show.

Footer

Contact us: info@jacksonholeradio.com
Telephone :307-733-2120
Address :1085 Highway 22 UNIT E Jackson, WY - United States
  • EEO
  • KMTN
  • KJAX
  • KZ95
  • LaNueva 96.3FM
  • Privacy Policy

© Copyright Jackson Hole Radio, LLC