Turkey fat warning to East Lancashire bird feeders (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Turkey fat warning to East Lancashire bird feeders
10:17am Friday 21st December 2012 in News
THE RSPB is warning that cooked turkey fat is extremely dangerous to birds.
Many people put the leftover contents of Christmas dinner roasting tins outside, wrongly believing that it is as beneficial to birds as other fats like lard and suet.
They pour the fat on to bird tables or mix it with seed thinking it will give birds energy and nutrients.
But the wildlife charity is warning that it could actually kill them as it remains soft even when cooled, meaning it could smear on to birds’ feathers and ruin their water-proofing and insulating qualities.
Comments(3)
Wishingwell
says...
2:07pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Is there any proper science behind this article?
ste.g
says...
7:36pm Fri 21 Dec 12
Wishingwell wrote:bet its a woman
I know quite a few people who do this but we have never seen birds rolling around on the bird table in it, they just eat it.
Is there any proper science behind this article?
VainDM says...
10:26am Fri 21 Dec 12