10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2016
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.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Lucky him, right? He was also nearly strangled by a pet python that he kept. Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. Though he ended up dead anyway. Jerdon has also been noted as being rash.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 16, 2011
9): The Fish and Wildlife Service is right to propose a ban on the sale of nine large constricting snakes for the pet trade. There is a list of human victims of captive snakes, including a 2-year-old girl who was strangled in her crib by a pet Burmese python who had escaped from its enclosure.
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