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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

10,000 Birds

Take lions, wolves, hyenas to name a few. I will admit that there are legitimate concerns that have been raised about falconry – birds that are not native to an area sometimes escape and become feral; humans should minimize their influence on nature. They have hunted together before, this pack of sky wolves.

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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

10,000 Birds

I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. The plethora of approaches to the feral Cat problem is not an outcome of a diversity of great ideas; it is the ugly chimera of inappropriate compromise among biased and often poorly informed stakeholders. Which would be even worse.