Any reasonable suburbanite could have told them this. Bambi-lovers feed corn on the cob to deer, who also eat landscaping shrubbery and flowers, enraging neighbors btw. . Squirrels feast on nuts and fruit from trees, dig bulbs planted in gardens, and eat vegetables and berries. Rats gather to eat bird feed which has fallen from bird feeders. Coyotes come to the city to eat rats and mice, runaway cats and probably garbage. Far from “destroying habitat,” the burbs are a lush smorgasbord for wildlife.
I’m just west of Minneapolistan. I can see it from my porch.
There is gobs of wildlife around here everyday.
We live by a golf course in the city. Squirrels, rats, and possums everywhere. We feed the birds so yeah the squirrels and rats get fed too. We also have raccoons and kit foxes in our neighborhood.