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The Swans versus the Food Bank?

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PassingStranger · 01/01/2026 21:46

A well known supermarket used to donate their leftover bread in our area for the volunteers to feed the swans with.
We have a team of volunteers who look after the swans.

They stopped donating the bread and said it had to go to the foodbank.

What do you think?

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Garroty · 01/01/2026 21:55

Bread in large quantities is bad for swans. It's one thing feeding them your leftover heels, but a regular large donation from a supermarket could cause dietary problems.

In any event, humans should be the priority for donations of human food.

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PassingStranger · 01/01/2026 21:54

shhblackbag · 01/01/2026 21:53

I can't believe you're actually serious. If people want to feed the swans, they should use their own bread.

You dont get it. How do the swans survive on an occassional bit of bread.
These volunteers were feeding them regularly with donated bread.

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shhblackbag · 01/01/2026 21:53

I can't believe you're actually serious. If people want to feed the swans, they should use their own bread.

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PassingStranger · 01/01/2026 21:52

upstairsdownstairscardboardbox · 01/01/2026 21:51

bread is extremely bad for wild fowl including swans. It is human food!

As explained its not bad for them. It just isn't the most nutritional thing they can eat. Pellets are best.

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upstairsdownstairscardboardbox · 01/01/2026 21:51

bread is extremely bad for wild fowl including swans. It is human food!

ColinOfficeTrolley · 01/01/2026 21:50

Would rather have the bread go to people than swans, who shouldn't really have it in the first place. This is all a bit Alan partridge though. Reminds me of farmers feeding beefburgers to swans 😂😂 maybe AP is too ingrained into my life.

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PassingStranger · 01/01/2026 21:50

TheCurious0range · 01/01/2026 21:47

I thought bread was bad for swans?

No its not. It dosent have alot of nutritional value but its better than nothing.
Seeded bread is better.

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SoapyDrama · 01/01/2026 21:48

Is it food bank and bread posts day?

TheCurious0range · 01/01/2026 21:47

I thought bread was bad for swans?

modgepodge · 01/01/2026 21:47

I think people are more important than swans.

Tulcan · 01/01/2026 21:47
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