Thread: Peregrine Falcon

Great job on saving the falcon. Raptors are amazing creatures.

I volunteered for a wildlife rehab center located on campus at North Dakota State U in the late 1980s. What a great experience. They had vet surgeons that would work on injured raptors. I got to hold many hawks, mainly red tailed hawks. I still have the scars on my belly where after grabbing a hawk from its cage to clean the cage I held it a bit too close to my body; in a blink, it grabbed my stomach with its talons which locked in place piercing my skin. Hurt like hell and luckily it unlocked its talons after about 5-10 seconds. I guess I consider it kind of a badge of honor. Amazing animals.

ChrisL

Walter, thank you for this story and the pics and your generous spirit

Originally Posted by Walterbowens

Alot of good came from this action, because the guy with me got to to see a person that hunts, traps, and fish caring for a wounded animal. He asked me how I can love animals so much, and still hunt, and trap. Here is my answer to him, and anybody on the forum that is wondering the same thing.

Yes I love animals, but it is very important in controlling the population of animals based on the habitat, and what population that habitat can support. If we fail to do so the animals suffer from hunger, sickness's. Then they come to where humans are, and start eating our cattle, pets, trash, and even attacking our kids. We want to blame the animals and it is't their fault, it is ours. Because we don't control the populations. We are every day taking more of the animals habitat, developing it for our wants, but the animal population keeps growing. God said for us to tend this world and everything in it. Sorry about my writing skills I just have a hard time with putting my thoughts to words.

Couldn't have put it better myself
( and I used to teach english to the japanese !! )

Originally Posted by Walterbowens

Alot of good came from this action, because the guy with me got to to see a person that hunts, traps, and fish caring for a wounded animal. He asked me how I can love animals so much, and still hunt, and trap. Here is my answer to him, and anybody on the forum that is wondering the same thing.

Yes I love animals, but it is very important in controlling the population of animals based on the habitat, and what population that habitat can support. If we fail to do so the animals suffer from hunger, sickness's. Then they come to where humans are, and start eating our cattle, pets, trash, and even attacking our kids. We want to blame the animals and it is't their fault, it is ours. Because we don't control the populations. We are every day taking more of the animals habitat, developing it for our wants, but the animal population keeps growing. God said for us to tend this world and everything in it. Sorry about my writing skills I just have a hard time with putting my thoughts to words.

Thanks for your post Walter, very well said,Controlling animal populations is indeed an important topic.
When I lived In the foothills of San Jose Calif,we were overrun with deer and wild pigs (very distructive animals)
It has been estamated that there are ten times more deer in america today than when the mayflower landed.

Coyotes are thinning the whitetail population considerably in my neck of the woods. Pretty much open season on Wile E Coyote.

Faith in humanity restored. Good job.