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🦌 Did you know our trash is a serious problem not only for our pets and wildlife, but our livestock, as well?
Not only can food bags and containers travel into yards, beaches, forests, and more, putting bears, deer, foxes, squirrels, birds, raccoons, fish, and domestic animals at risk, but livestock can also get tangled in, caught in, and suffocate in all types of trash – just like this sheep whose head got stuck in a pet food bag.
Luckily, the owner was close by and able to remove the bag from the poor sheep’s head. However, not every story of an animal who gets stuck in a food bag or container ends so well.
So, what can you do?
✔️ Cut up your food bags before you dispose of them
✔️ Never leave trash outside, no matter where you are
✔️ Pack any food you take outside of the home in plastic containers rather than plastic bags
✔️ Cut up all string, rope, netting, fishing line, and plastic drink holders before disposing of them
✔️ Crush all drink cans and food cans
✔️ Screw lids tightly on jars and containers
✔️ If you see an animal, bird, fish, or pet in distress, please try to help them or call for help
Little changes can save the lives of many wild animals! ❤️
(Photo from Tawnya Reber.)
