Issue 16 Spring 2015
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EDUCATION<br />
CANAL RIVER<br />
TRUST<br />
KEEPING OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS HAPPY & SAFE<br />
20 double decker buses<br />
full of bread are thrown<br />
into canals every month!<br />
Every year 6 million loaves of bread are being<br />
thrown into canals and rivers in England and Wales<br />
- potentially polluting the water and damaging<br />
hundreds of thousands of ducks’ homes.<br />
Last year more than 15 million people fed the ducks<br />
with their family or friends, 12 million of them<br />
admitting to feeding our feathered friends with bread.<br />
Uneaten soggy bread can cause a build-up of bad<br />
nutrients which can lead to greater algae growth,<br />
spread disease and encourage pests such as rats.<br />
With the springtime weather now upon us and<br />
duckling hatching season in full swing, the Canal &<br />
River Trust is calling on the public to feed the ducks<br />
responsibly.<br />
The charity is the guardian of 2,000 miles of historic<br />
waterways across England and Wales, caring for the<br />
nation’s third largest collection of listed structures, as<br />
well as museums, archives, and hundreds of important<br />
wildlife sites.<br />
It also provides an important home to hundreds of<br />
thousands of ducks and other waterfowl and takes<br />
its responsibility of keeping their homes safe very<br />
seriously. It wants the millions of people who enjoy this<br />
much loved family tradition to be able to enjoy it for<br />
generations to come.<br />
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<strong>Spring</strong> <strong>2015</strong>
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