These are not your pets, but wild animals, enjoy from a distance and with your camera. How would you feel if they have to shoot a bear after he began lurking around the place where you leave food and people are scared for thetr pet, their kids or even themselves ? 
  I know that too.  That is exactly my thinking.....to slip them some goodies AWAY from the neighbourhood.  Sure enough, someone is going to call somebody to come and remove them....and I don't trust what that means.
  I'm very respectful of animals and the fact that WE have taken up residence on THEIR territory.  I also know interfering is a bad idea.  It all just makes me very sad.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="vny!://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/more/bigs/c020.gif" border=0]