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Why I hate cats. The death of a Buff-banded Rail1 comment to Why I hate cats. The death of a Buff-banded Rail |
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My sympathies. We had a one-winged brown falcon, Paul, living in our yard for some years. Casual and patient he was the neighbourhood kids’ introduction to wildlife. One day he escaped from the yard only to return cradled in the arms of a five year-old. Even our non-birding friends lost their hearts to Paul.
Paul had an ongoing battle with our Labrador/Staffie cross, both stealing food from each other. It was the stuff of Funniest Home Videos.
He lived through the amputation of a wing and pneumonia. But he couldn’t defeat the cats. One day I found him dying. A neighbour’s two pampered Burmese that I thought were relatively harmless because they were so spoiled, sleek and fat, killed him. Denise
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