Posted on 04/29/2016 8:09:22 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative
It was inevitable, from the moment video cameras went up over Pittsburgh area bald eagle nests, that viewers would eventually see something disturbing.
On Tuesday, eagles at the nest site in the Hays neighborhood brought a young cat into the nest to feed their two eaglets.
"After reviewing the footage, we believe the cat was dead when it was brought to the nest," said Rachel Handel, spokeswoman for the Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania. "We don't know if it was a pet or feral. It's impossible to know if the cat was killed by the eagle or was a roadkill, but eagles are opportunists and just as apt to take something that's already dead as something that's alive to feed their young."
On regional eagle chat boards, some were squeamish or disturbed that the scene was live-streamed on a popular viewing site. Others speculated about the meal's identity until Handel turned the event into a learning moment.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Funny how ‘nature’, ‘Gaia’, etc is WONDERFUL and perfect and to be worshipped-UNTIL it upsets delicate sensibilities. Should eagles be killed for cruelty or should cats be blamed for being meat?
A friend of mine has been putting out fliers for her lost cat Sparky. Pittsburgh area. Hmmm.
That is what eagles do.
No, we did not choose a vegetarian bird to be our national symbol.
SOMETHING MUST be done NOW.
#SAVEOURCATS
Eagle free Zones NOW!
snort.
Why couldn’t the eagles eat some seitan or tofu or tempeh? There are plenty of meat substitutes available. I guess we have to spread some awareness to these birds.
That eagle is sushi eater.
Here is the video of the cat...
#CatLivesMatter
I got the BBC box set of their nature series Planet Earth a while back now. Beautifully photographed but if one was to sum the show up besides the usual enviro propaganda it would be animals eating other animals. It got a bit boring after a while and was in a way sanitzed in that the amount of blood and gore was minimized but nevertheless it regularly showed one animal eating another.
Taking a cat is not as simple for them as it seems.
One well-placed swipe could permanently blind them.
An eagle tried to snatch my friend’s chihuahua.
It swooped in, grabbed it, but misjudged the height of a nearby wall and smacked into it.
Stunned, the eagle dropped the dog and flew off.
Poor dog had really deep cuts in it’s back from the talons.
Now it won’t go outside unless “Mom” comes with it.
That’s what wild animals do. Idealizing them doesn’t change anything. I’m willing to bet the eagle killed the cat and the blather about it being impossible to know is just public relations lies designed to appease the public.
Don’t those eagles get their meat at the supermarket? ;-)
there’s a movement to eradicate felines.
When I worked in Seattle, one of our favorite places for lunch was a Thai restaurant that was adjacent to a Veterinary Hospital.
Animals on left, Thai food on right. Just sayin.
Google map view.
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