From KDVR.com:
Halloween is over and now you might be thinking to yourself, “what should I do with my leftover pumpkin?”
Colorado Parks and Wildlife said posts and memes have been floating around social media directing people to intentionally feed pumpkins to wildlife.
“Do not do this,” CPW explained. “We want our wildlife to be sustained by the resources that naturally occur in their habitat,” said CPW Wildlife Pathologist Karen Fox. “Our policy is definitely to not provide supplemental food to big game in any form.”
In fact, intentionally feeding wildlife in Colorado is illegal.
“Under Colorado law, intentionally feeding big game animals is illegal. The prohibition applies to deer, elk, pronghorn, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, mountain lions, and bears. Violators face a $100 fine,” CPW said.
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