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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ColonelBlimp" data-source="post: 1453121" data-attributes="member: 63179">But, here, in this thread, we're not talking about the impact of non-native animals, so there is no connection.That's because it might not be. On the continent, where the harriers and owls have been coexisting for ages and ages, as opposed to here where the harriers are hanging by a thread anyway due to persecution etc., and the owls are to all intensive purposes alien, the sliver of doubt that remains until some group decide to have a proper look at it is enough for me to say, in the posts you quote, that a position of extreme caution is needed. If some authoritative group decided to do a massive study about the impact of eagle owls in Britain, and found that they were no threat, I would certainly and happily change my viewpoint!</blockquote>