Cuddy Pond is only one example of the same occurring throughout any of the "ponds" in the Anchorage area.  Westchester Lagoon next to Spenard Road was formerly the worst example of the mix of avian wildlife and people feeding them.  The problem stems from the mindset of Alaska retaining the false ideal of human freedom without consequence in a frontier setting.  Anchorage populace is willing to live in their own filth throughout the Anchorage bowl as they claim the right to do whatever they want as part of their frontier freedom.  As a result Anchorage is one of the filthiest urban areas in the nation.  Every spring reveals the extent of the problem of trash and dog feces fouling the air and landscape.  But, of course, none of that taxing to clean up the mess as part of the same "freedom".  The current budget crisis will only add to the problem unless the majority of the population decide to exit for "greener pastures" to do it all over again.