A 94-year-old Chicago billionaire hired workers to scatter nuts around Lincoln Park to feed squirrels for years; leftover food attracted rats, damaged park property and disrupted a nearby farmers’ market

Inside the years-long nut-feeding operation in Chicago’s Lincoln ParkA Chicago billionaire’s unusual effort to feed squirrels has sparked a dispute over rat infestations, damage to public property and the cost of maintaining one of the city’s best-known parks. Barre Seid, a 94-year-old industrialist, has allegedly paid workers to distribute Brazil nuts, walnuts, peanuts and other food around his home and nearby Lincoln Park for more than three years.