How did you know that the people you observed slinking around the perimeters were Poles?

Hahaha! That's exactly wot them greater-striped-poles resembled!

I take it that your local park has a pond or a stream. Otherwise, ducks wouldn't be there!

In my youth, I fished a small pond in a park. I saw ducks there and caught jack pike using a spinning lure. I sold the fish to a Pole. Poles love pike and grayling. However, they're not so keen on perch.

It has ducks, geese, herons and cormorants(in season) It also has some big turtle-type-things more that a foot long. It also has some Poles slinking around the perimeters.

In my opinion the graying is the tastiest member of the salmon family- fried many a one up on the river banks. However, no grayling in our park, the water is a bit still. They like the same conditions as rainbow trout. Not that I am an expert mind.

Most Chinese, even those who have graduated from college or university, are unaware of the serious health risks to animals that have devoured plastic in the form of dscarded bottles or bags.

A devoured plastic water bottle can cause a zoo animal, like the bear you've mentioned, to die in great pain!

Chinese zoos should take steps to protect all their animals from encountering foreign objects that are able to be devoured!

Just for the record, I should say I have witnessed monkeys devouring plastic bags at Chinese zoos!

Since I have been away in China , my local park seems to have won the battle persuading people not to feed bread to the ducks. It doesn't fit their needs and dispensers are scattered around selling seeds.

Yesterday was ruined for me when I saw a bear in the bear pit crunching on a discarded plastic water bottle!

I mentioned that the bear would be harmed to my escort and teaching assistant, a young slip of a girl. She simply shrugged her shoulders!