Stop Releasing Balloons!

Love Wildlife? The Stop With the Balloons.

You change the world with every small decision you make.

I give my kids a lot but one thing I refuse to buy is balloons. Want to know why?

This is why….

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Click HERE to read the article by the The Dodo of CINCINNATI Police Officers James Givens and Cecilia Charron freeing a gosling from a mylar balloon and string.

Like many outdoorsy people, I’ve personally seen the damage that a simple balloon can cause. There is even an organization to fight balloon releases BalloonsBlow.org.

As you have seen by now, balloons don’t have to be released in massive releases to cause problems.

Please make a small inconsequential change and stop using balloons all together.

Oh, and if you are wondering about the kids being traumatized by not having balloons? They were a bit sad that Mean Mom wouldn’t acquiesce but that changed the first time we cleaned balloons out of the woods and then picked balloons and their ribbons up from the shoreline of our favorite park.