What are your opinions on using specific sounds, audios, or music to attract animals? Personally I don’t think its a good idea considering it can attract other animals that aren’t harmless. edit: and scare away other wildlife
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I wouldnt be in support for this but ill be contradicting myself as I love moth lights
thats interesting 
, cuz like technically moth lights are the visual versions of attracting using sounds
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Hi Melanie,
Using sounds to attract animals is generally frowned upon. There are a lot of birding resources that you can find, that go into more detail about the why.
On the other hand, we will protect what we love. Feeding birds, moth lighting, and lots of other ways of attracting animals deepen engagement with nature. Ecological literacy has never been lower, and the more people engage with nature, the more they do to protect it. So we can’t just make a blanket statement like “all use of sound is bad”.
It’s nuanced! Each of us has to make that call for ourselves.
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absolutely!
always think about how it would affect the creature, if your personal gain matters more than the organism then im not sure if you’re on the right path
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