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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

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Snowy Owls are used in falconry, more so in Europe but they are legal for a few states here in the US. ” 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. Here are some myths: Falconry birds are essentially pets.

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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One would think that for a species as common in Europe as the Grey-headed Woodpecker , the HBW would spend some effort to update the species entry. If you are afraid of spiders, you might want to get a pet Streaked Spiderhunter. I am only joking! Birds should be free. ” Some superstition surely should be supported.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. However it is now one of the world’s rarest animals after decades of relentless hunting and poaching. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!

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

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That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality. But they don’t live in North America.