Romantic couples love visiting Grand Canyon National Park and using the trip to profess their love for each other. But the way some of them are doing is harming this astonishing place.
It turns out that romantic couples love to put love locks on the fences surrounding the Grand Canyon. The idea is that their love will be as strong as the lock that symbolizes it. However, not only do these locks not last long, but they are also littering the park and pose harm to the wildlife living there.
Grand Canyon National Park recently issued a plea to romantic couples to stop putting love locks on Grand Canyon fences. According to a post shared on the park’s official Facebook account, the couples have a habit of throwing away the key into the canyon. These keys can attract the attention of condors, who end up eating them.
“Condors are not meant to digest metal and many times cannot pass these objects,” it says in the post.
As part of the post, the Grand Canyon National Park social media team also attached an X-ray image of a condor who had a key from a love lock stuck in his digestive tract and needed to be operated because of that.
“Do your part to not contribute to these bad habits and inform others of what can happen to the wildlife if these behaviors continue,” the post concludes.
So next time you take a romantic trip to Grand Canyon National Park, make sure to be respectful to nature. Instead of placing a love lock on a fence, simply take a photo with your partner. It will last longer.
