The agency is telling everyone to stop putting up love locks in the name of the environment.
If you want to celebrate your love , the National Park Service suggests you do it somewhere other than one of the land ’s most iconic born wonders .
Ina recent postshared on Facebook , the NPS addressed the issue withGrand Canyon ’s infamous “ dear locks . ” manifestly , on top of being a physical body of law-breaking , they also have been lie with to endanger one of thecanyon’smost iconic creature species , the condor .
" Love is firm , but it is not as strong as our bolt cutters , " show the post . " Padlocks leave behind on fencing are called Love Locks . People conceive set a lock on fencing at viewpoints is a great way to show love for another person . It ’s not . Leaving padlock like this is litter and a form of graffiti . But because mass will throw their padlock key into the canon the scenario becomes worse and more dangerous specifically for a rarefied and endangered animal of the canyon . "
Photo by D. Pawlak, courtesy of NPS
The NPS then go on to excuse that condors , being queer animals , will be attracted by anything shiny — coins , wrappers , piece of metal , Key , you name it . They will come near it and use up it , which is what is now pass with love ignition lock keys that are being tossed into the canon . Potentially , this could lead to the animal ’s dying .
In the same post , the NPS share images of an decade - shaft of light done to a condor who had ingest a key . " The X - light beam image on this place is of the craw of a condor , " the post register . " you may see coin accommodate in the digestive nerve pathway of the bird . This birdie had to be operate on to remove the impediment . If a condor take too many objects like this , it could die . "
The solution to this is pretty simple . Of course you should fuck one another , but also fuck the environs and the protected species around you . In this event , that translates to refraining from put up passion locks all around . And most significantly , make certain you spread the word , too .
" Objects are thrown from the lip every day . padlock and scum are not anomaly limited to Grand Canyon , " the NPS notice . " Do your part to not lead to these speculative riding habit and inform others of what can happen to the wildlife if these behaviors continue . "
