“...She also takes pans with minor amount of food in them out to the yard to dump them. ...”
My wife dumps old cooking oil and stuff on a board out by the wood pile. I saw an ancient opossum licking on it. It could hardly move, but that kept it alive. I started chucking bread and veggies down off the deck. I don’t like feeding animals, but in their senior years ... ???
Yeah. We have a place for garden extras. We believe dominion over the animals includes caring for them.
I draw the line at coyotes, skunks, rats, gophers, buzzards and snakes though.