Surprising things that could prevent your backyard from serving as a wildlife sanctuary

Prevent your backyard from being an "ecological trap" by taking these key actions to protect wildlife.
Imagine a wildlife refuge that does not protect its wildlife. How could this be possible? It is not only possible, but it is also likely unless we take action to prevent it. 
Unfortunately, many advocates of native plants, birds, and pollinators—good-hearted people who want to help reverse biodiversity declines by providing the native plants which wildlife needs in their yards—inadvertently make this mistake. When we design ecologically attractive landscapes that also include real dangers to wildlife, we have actually created ecological traps that draw many animals to their death. And that, of course, is not the goal.
We need a culture change on how we promote native plantings—and we know changing culture can be an uphill battle. Nevertheless, the logic of not killing the wildlife we want to protect is overwhelming. We need to up our game to both promote native plants and protect wildlife.
There are five key actions that should be in place the day native trees, bushes, or flowers are planted:
5 surprising things that could prevent your backyard from serving as a wildlife sanctuary