Can a Crow get done for littering?

[ookami_republic]

I walked on to the platform to catch my train home. Stopping near the seats I often sit upon while awaiting the train, I noticed a Crow hopping up to the bin next to the seat. As I watched the Crow and moved away a little, it looked inside the bin and started to forage for food. After a few seconds, it had noticed something and began the struggle to get it out. Only once the object had been pulled out and began its descent to the ground did I recognised it for what it was, a Sundae container from Hungry Jacks (Burger King). For several minutes the Crow attempted to retrieve some caramel from the container and then after trying unsuccessfully to pull the container apart it decided to take another shot at the bin's contents. Poking and prodding in the bin garnered another item for the Crow to inspect. A chip packet which also promptly found its way to the ground. This the Crow decided to prop up against the bin and the pecking began. Once a hole had been made, it used its beak to further increase the rip in the pack and finally found some chips that it gobbled down. Finally my train arrived a few minutes late, and the chip packet was blown away by the gust of air that the trains arrival had produced. Only once I entered the train did the thought pop up: "Could a Crow get booked for littering?"

Then came the more disturbing thoughts. How much has humanity to done to cause wild animals to rely on us for food. Wild Seagulls at sporting events, pigeons and seagulls at train stations and school yards. Has our encroachment come to the point where at least in Urban areas animals no longer are self sufficient but rather now take our scraps to survive. If so this is a very poor state of affairs.