✅ What you can do

1. Support them naturally

   • Plant native trees, shrubs, and flowers for food and shelter.

   • Build safe water sources (bird baths, small ponds).

   • Put up birdhouses, bat boxes, or brush piles for shelter.

2. Protect their environment

   • Don’t use pesticides or chemicals.

   • Keep trash sealed so animals don’t eat harmful stuff.

   • Drive carefully where animals cross roads.

3. Provide safe food (sometimes)

   • For birds: seeds, fruit, suet.

   • For ducks/geese: chopped greens, peas, oats (⚠️ never bread).

   • For rabbits: native grasses, clover, dandelions.
     (But feeding should be minimal so they don’t get dependent on people.)

4. Help injured/orphaned animals — but don’t raise them yourself

   • If you find a hurt or abandoned wild animal, contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitator or animal rescue.

   • You can transport them safely in a box with air holes + towel (no food/water unless a rehabber instructs).

5. Spread awareness

   • Educate friends/family not to harm or disturb wildlife.

   • Volunteer with local shelters or wildlife groups.

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❌ What You Shouldn’t Do

• Don’t try to tame or keep wild animals as pets — it’s usually illegal and unsafe.

• Don’t overfeed them — it makes them dependent and disrupts their survival skills.

• Don’t touch or move babies unless you’re 100% sure the mother is gone (many moms leave their young alone for hours).

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