This makes sense, and a another good argument against monoculture farming.
Anecdotally, we have friends in a inner suburb of Tokyo who say there’s been a surge in Tanuki hanging around the neighborhood. Apparently they’ve been attracted by people land-banking - growing small quantities of permission trees on vacant land so it counts as a ‘farm’ to avoid vacant land taxes, then not harvesting the fruit because it’s not economically sensible… the fruit then attracts wildlife.
This makes sense, and a another good argument against monoculture farming.
Anecdotally, we have friends in a inner suburb of Tokyo who say there’s been a surge in Tanuki hanging around the neighborhood. Apparently they’ve been attracted by people land-banking - growing small quantities of permission trees on vacant land so it counts as a ‘farm’ to avoid vacant land taxes, then not harvesting the fruit because it’s not economically sensible… the fruit then attracts wildlife.