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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

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This blog was written by Marge Gibson, co-founder of Raptor Education Group, Inc. Ironically, the time when a person first finds and brings in or reports an injured bird is the ideal time for education, potentially turning that person into one who appreciates wildlife for life. Gratefully, we now acknowledge that was wrong.

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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

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” Most shrugged and said very few US falconers fly owls because they’re slow and some species you can only hunt at night, that wouldn’t be much fun to watch. Then I started volunteering at The Raptor Center to give educational programs with live birds of prey and my trainer was a master falconer.

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

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This almost certainly can be argued to be true just on the basis of logic, because feral Cats are proficient hunters and are entirely out of ecological place. Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality. Let me tell you this: They are. And for rodents and reptiles as well. billion birds and 6.9–20.7