Every year, people dump all their pumpkins in the forest because they think it’s feeding animals. Last Halloween, I picked up at least 20 near where I live.
Please don’t do it - it can make deer, hedgehogs and other wildlife sick and the plastics people put in the pumpkins for decoration are toxic.
If you don’t want to use the pumpkin for food, put it in your food recycling bin.
www.forestryengland.uk/news/dumping-pumpkins-the-woods-bad-wildlife-says-forestry-england-expert