Wild Boars Bad For New York
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
And while we’re working to ban captive boar hunts in New York why not ban all captive hunts? Real hunters don’t shoot animals raised in captivity or animals that are penned in, do they?
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Predator animal noises in movies vs reality
Reddit Animals
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
don't have much contact with the wildlife, especially the dangerous kind, but my assumption would be that they don't necessarily make constant noises, growls and rorars when hunting, which would make the prey notice them.
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