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Falconry – Bloodsport or Alternative Form of Birding?

10,000 Birds

In the case of fox hunting (a true bloodsport), dogs are domesticated animals that are killing, not for food, but for sport. Falconry birds are essentially free to come and go as they choose when they are hunting (unlike bloodsports like cock fighting and dog fighting). And these are just a few of the arguments against falconry.

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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.