Residents are reminded not to feed the wildlife. Feeding wildlife can do more harm than good for both people and wildlife. Wildlife can adapt to living on golf courses and neighborhoods when its natural habitat is developed. Feeding wildlife may cause them to become dependent on handouts and lose their natural fear of people, causing injury to people.
Remember these important points:
• Educate friends and neighbors about not feeding wildlife.
• Enjoy watching wildlife, but do so from a distance.
• Many of the wildlife species at the Villages are protected and imperiled species that are native to Florida.