The Impact of Human Behavior on Wildlife Mortality

Our crass behavior and ignorance about how to behave around wild animals is killing them.

Many people do not know how to behave around wild animals.

Our crass behavior and lack of knowledge about how to behave around wild animals is killing and stressing them. Our fascination for getting close to wild animals is too strong.

Two young children chased a seal pup into the water near my home. The seal was not weaned, and it didn’t have a waterproof jacket. It drowned as the mother of the children watched.

A third was attacked and killed by an unleashed dog whose owner either didn’t care or was unable to control the dog properly off a lead. Unleashed dogs attacked and killed a third dog, whose owner was either uncaring or unable to control it properly.