Don't Hand-Feed Cats Because... | 2 Main Factors Behind Animals Getting Used to Humans

The deputy head of the Department of Environment stressed the need to correct human behavior when encountering wildlife, saying human mistakes in dealing with animals cause serious damage to biodiversity.

The deputy of the Environment Organization emphasized on improving human behavior in dealing with wildlife and said that human mistakes in dealing with animals cause serious damage to biodiversity.

According to Ambassador Arjan, Hamid Zahrabi, Deputy Director of Natural Environment and Biodiversity of the Environmental Protection Organization, said about the approach of wildlife to people's living environment and the habituation of animals to the presence of humans: Our duty in this field is to inform and educate people, because when people are in nature, whether they want to or not, they encounter wildlife and they must know how to treat these animals.

Referring to the 2 main factors of accustoming animals to humans, he added: leaving garbage and food waste available to animals, as well as manual feeding of wildlife, is one of the most important factors that make animals dependent on human food sources.

The Deputy Director of Natural Environment and Biodiversity of the Environmental Protection Organization emphasized the necessity of people's participation in preventing this process and said: Dealing with this issue requires information, education and serious participation of the people. Especially people who use nature continuously, such as mountaineers and nature walkers, should be careful not to accustom animals to receive food from humans by hand feeding.

Referring to the increase in the population of urban cats, Zoharabi stated: The increase in the population of these species is another environmental issue that can cause serious damage to biodiversity, and this is not unrelated to feeding urban cats.

He emphasized the need to improve human behavior in dealing with wildlife and demanded that people pay more attention to how to dispose of food waste and refrain from hand-feeding animals in the wild.