finds its way into human garbage and gets its paws into high-calorie foods, it’s tough for the animal to return to natural food sources.”
This quote is from a recent newspaper article in our area. It struck me that bears and humans experience the exact same problem of having addiction to junk foods triggered upon exposure.
It’s interesting to me that even animals who until days earlier had only lived directly off the land, eating whole, raw foods, can develop a struggle upon a single exposure to non-foods. I always consider animals to be far wiser than us, far truer to their actual nature. Even so, non-foods present a threat equal to that experienced by humans.
And, as with humans, the issue isn’t really the single exposure –that in itself will not harm them deeply or longterm– but rather in the fact that a bizarre addiction is so quickly established.
Because this is true for me, I find it easier to steer clear and to avoid the slippery slope.
Loved this. Thank you, dear bear.