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Can I train a pine marten to be a pet or companion animal?

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Can I keep one and domesticate or tame it enough to be a good pet? I see people taming minks and using them as work animals for hunting rats and mice. My neighbours empty shed was taken over my a pine marten. It'll be having babies soon. Can I do this with a pine marten? Why or why not?

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Hawking for Nighthawks

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Scores of Black-bellied Whistling Ducks circled overhead, these vocal ducks are often hunted illegally here so it was refreshing to see so many. Both are direct results of the pet trade. The two Old World species mentioned here were imported and sold as pets – but were often released as neither species were competent singers.

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What is GISHWHES?

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And how are pets getting in on the fun? Supernatural star, Misha Collins, started GISHWHES (Greatest International Scavenger Hunt The World Has Ever Seen), in 2011 to help people have a lot more fun. The hunt takes … Continue reading → The post What is GISHWHES? What is GISHWHES?

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Feral Cat Advocates Lie

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Birds are a long way down a cat’s food chain so well-fed cats tend not to hunt at all, he says. And cats, regardless of the amount of food provided for them, hunt instinctually. The fact that they have supplemental food means nothing in terms of their hunting as even well-fed pets hunt and damage bird populations.

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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. Here are some myths: Falconry birds are essentially pets. They also have to exercise their birds to keep them in top physical condition for the hunting season.

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Post Apocalyptic Steampunk Birding

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These large parrots are popular in the pet trade, and that’s a likely source of the population of this species on Trinidad. As I neared the shore, I spooked a hunting Striated Heron who in turn spooked a Neotropic Cormorant hunting the shallow water.

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Birding Sukau, Sabah, Borneo

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The Oriental Darter is classified as Near Threatened – the reasons are the usual ones: habitat loss, hunting, and pollution. of its hunts are successful. He was also nearly strangled by a pet python that he kept. Back to birds. Humankind, you did it again, congratulations. Then, there are raptors.

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