Monday, January 23, 2012

Red state is not (directly) starving owls

White owls are rare in Kansas.  Every few years a few arctic natives visit.  This year we have lots of them, and most are said to be starving.  Many are found weighing next to nothing and unable to fly.  Wildlife specialist say they have come so far south for food, unable to find it in the northern states.  The reason seems to be the constant reduction of prey animals through factory farming practices/chemical use, combined with drought conditions in some areas, and being illegal immigrants in a red state most are happy they will starve.
A few have been gathered up and fed, caretakers say they are in poor health, the attorney general has said it's OK to feed them if they are mostly white.

2 comments:

  1. Darrel.
    The birds are absolutely friggin magnificant! As I have posted before - seen one up in Alaska. It was just awesome.
    Same with the fucking lynx sighting - no damned camera.


    Ron

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