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That eye for an eye thing might work out pretty well. Let's see how many
owls that guy would kill if we cut off his feet with a lopper.
Steve Hughes

-----Original Message-----
From: Christina Voise
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2013 3:55 PM
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Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] snowy owl habituation and hunting

I want to second Nancy's statement about snowy owls - that people will kill
one if they really want to whether it is habituated or not. And my
observation is that this applies to wildlife in general. Years ago I had an
acquaintance tell me about an old fellow who set baited leghold traps on
the tops of fenceposts to trap great horned owls that were killing his
chickens. I was told that once the owls were trapped, he cut the owls' feet
off with loppers. Of course the owls would then starve to death. I have
also had (so-called) hunters tell me that they would shoot mourning doves
for "target practice" back in the days before dove hunting was legal in
Ohio. And I have seen trappers leave animals to die in leghold traps - and
then toss the body aside without harvesting the pelt once they finally came
to check the trap. There seems to be no limit to how low humans can sink.
So I have a hard time condemning people who want to feed starving snowy
owls. If humans had not so altered the landscape south of the owls' normal
habitat, they might stand a better chance when they are forced to migrate
here. I do agree with Tom Bain that we must do all we can to conserve
habitat for wildlife. No amount of feeding will substitute for that. But
I'm not sure how we will ever weed out the folks who deliberately harm wild
animals.
Christina Voise
Delaware County


On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 2:16 PM, nancy ortman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I believe that if someone wants to kill a snowy owl, they will do it
> whether it is habituated or not. When I was a kid, I saw a boy kill a pure
> white snowy owl with his pellet gun in Columbiana county. It was warm
> weather, like early fall. The owl was not expected to be around then. I
> believe he is the only person who knew of it. I was a beautiful creature,
> and I thought it was such a shame. Hadn't seen one again until this year,
> 45 years later.
>
> Nancy Ortman
>
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