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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle

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After we took possession of an injured and weakened Golden Eagle from the vast desert area of eastern Utah, it became clear that the compound fracture of the tibiotarsus was the result of a steel-jaw trap. Ipsen of Payson Family Pet Hospital in Payson, Utah, is our wildlife vet and very skilled at orthopedic surgeries.

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Can A Hawk Carry Off Your 12-Pound Pet?

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No hawk can carry off a 12-pound pet. No hawk can carry off a 3-pound pet. THE PETS THAT ARE IN REAL DANGER ARE THE ONES WHO ARE 12 POUNDS AND UNDER. THESE ARE THE PETS THAT HAWKS CAN SWOOP DOWN AND GRAB. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PETS OUTSIDE WITHOUT SUPERVISION. The answer is: no.

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Birds on Utility Poles – The Electrocution Solution

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But occasionally people see it – especially when it’s a hard-to-miss bird like this Bald Eagle. Within walking distance of her house were a pair of Bald Eagles with two chicks. One morning she discovered the male eagle on the ground, appearing – as you can see from the two photos – unwell.

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The Reva Situation

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Once I observed a man walking his two small dogs here, passing by a perched White-tailed Eagle but looking down at grass and not noticing the largest raptor in Europe at all. The eagle seemed well-used to people and paid no attention either. Reva had the semi-natural feeling of a forgotten green oasis at the outskirts of a busy city.

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

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Decades of trapping for the pet industry drove them to the brink of extinction, and their survival into the future was seriously in doubt. Another endangered species that Guyana is famous for and that, like the red siskin, was decimated by many years of trapping for the pet trade in neighboring countries is the enigmatic Sun Parakeet.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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A Crested Serpent Eagle , looking a bit ridiculous after a rain. This is a juvenile Grey-headed Fish Eagle , unless it is another fish eagle like the Lesser (the lack of any grey head makes me doubt the identification a bit, but it seems juveniles cannot afford a grey head yet). Well, it seems such people exist.

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Thought experiment

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They are much more independent and still behave similarly to wild cats they are still pets and rely on humans to survive. The ones who would last until the very end would be lions , tigers bears, eagles and wolves. Cats would be the next. From the ones that have a good chance to survive. Would suprisngly rodents and small animals.