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Winter jacket saves small dog from owl
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| Jan. 18, 2011
Posted on 01/18/2011 3:29:23 PM PST by JoeProBono
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill - An Illinois man credited his Chihuahua's winter jacket with saving the small canine from a great horned owl attack.
George Kalomiris said he was walking the 4-pound dog, Chico, in the early hours Wednesday in Crystal Lake when the owl swooped out of the darkness and tried to grab the canine, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Tuesday.
However, Kalomiris said the owl could not get a good grip on Chico because of the dog's puffy winter jacket. He said the dog suffered scratches to his head and a puncture wound, but quickly recovered from the injuries.
Rebecca Murphy of the McHenry County Conservation District's Wildlife Resource Center told the Crystal Lake Northwest Herald the owls are "opportunistic" hunters.
"(Owls don't) know the difference between a pet animal or a prey animal," Murphy said. "With a small dog like that, there is a potential that larger raptor species could take them down."
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: chico; dog; owl
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To: JoeProBono
The dog got off lucky compared to the neighbors of a lady I know who has a house on Lake St. Clair. Several years ago her neighbors allowed their miniature dachsund to roam the yard on a tethered leash and it fell prey to what I suspect was a local Bald Eagle.........commpletely evicerated. Only remnants left were the carcass and the leash...........Dog gone!
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01/18/2011 4:19:54 PM PST
by
Hot Tabasco
(The only thing Super Glue is good for is gluing your fingers together.....)
To: Vicki
That’s why I keep a black lab and a black and tan coonhound, if anything is foolish enough to swoop down, it’ll be the last time they swoop. Heck, I came home from work one day, and noticed they were chewing up a big hawk, I didn’t see them catch it, but I felt bad for the bird.
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:25:12 PM PST
by
Bulwyf
To: JoeProBono
Around here we have a word for 4 lb. dogs. Bait.
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:25:42 PM PST
by
tickmeister
(tickmeister)
To: Joe 6-pack
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:25:56 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: tickmeister
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:28:48 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
This dog goes after the owls...
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:30:36 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:31:02 PM PST
by
txhurl
To: Hot Tabasco
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:32:56 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Vicki
I worry about birds of prey and coyotes attacking my little dogs. I always go outside with them.
To: JoeProBono
The headline reads like an arrangement of those word scramble fridge magnets.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:42:09 PM PST
by
The Comedian
("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" - B. Goldwater)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:43:17 PM PST
by
mware
(F-R-E-E, that spells free, Free Republic.com baby.)
To: JoeProBono
I CAN HAS RAT GOGGIE?
NO, U CAN'T HAS RAT GOGGIE.
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:43:41 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: JoeProBono
"With a small dog like that, there is a potential that larger raptor species could take them down." Or pick them up...
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:46:53 PM PST
by
mikrofon
("Owl be back!")
To: momtothree
I always send 300 lbs of dogs out with my 27 lb girl. One male 120 and 2 females 100 lbs ea. So far so good; but I am out there most of the times they are.
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:51:54 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: The Comedian
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:52:10 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
We always have a pair of Great Horned owls in our trees. They have gotten a few kittens over the years. These are some pics of the birds in the trees by our house. Don't ya love the talons on the hawk?
To: JoeProBono
Monster Quest had a show about very big birds attacking kids & such.
To: wyokostur
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:58:39 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: mware
I live in a small town and had a red tail sitting on the fence outside the dining room window week before last. Good close up view as he was looking into the neighbor’s yard and had his back to me. I have seen him fly over form time to tme but never seen on land.
We have a barn owl that hangs around too.
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:58:46 PM PST
by
kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: JoeProBono
LOL, perfect.
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
01/18/2011 4:59:17 PM PST
by
The Comedian
("Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice" - B. Goldwater)
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