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Given the number of feral cats around and their size, this is not surprising. I would feel exactly the same about a fox being carried to the nest. (No, I did not see anything demonstrating it to be feral, but eagles usually do not hunt in peoples back yard).
Probably will help the survival of a few sparrow and similar sized birds
Niels
Probably will help the survival of a few sparrow and similar sized birds
Niels
I don't think it's horrific either but just deserts. I pasted in the "horrific" line from the story's heading (I've now removed it) by mistake. I get more careless every day. . ..
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dantheman
Bah humbug
Always thought it was 'just desserts', but since discovered that was my mistake; in any case was probably more of a main course?
Sangahyando
Well-known member
And if people let their pets stray to places where eagles do hunt, it's their own problem anyway. AFAIK in some regions of Switzerland, feral cats are a staple in Golden Eagles' diet.
Meanwhile, a wolf in Germany was shot because it attacked somebody's dog... Which makes me wonder: would the thread title be the same if the prey item featured in the video was a Yorkshire Terrier?
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Cat eats bird = not news
Bird eats cat = news
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Bird eats cat = news
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Well, I thought it was charming footage of two fine raptors feeding their chicks with characteristic solicitude and delicacy. Had the cat been alive during any part of the filmed proceedings, then it would have been disconcerting, but reportedly it wasn't, and I saw nothing to suggest otherwise. A domestic cat's nervous system is unlikely to be any more or less sophisticated (not quite the right word perhaps, but whatever) than that of similar wild species, so unless anthropomorphism enters the equation, not anything to be distressed about.
Less "sophisticated" if anything, having atrophied during the critter's long history of domestication. Capacity for suffering, on the other hand, who knows?
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
I'd think the chances are they picked up the cat as roadkill anyway . . .
Andy Adcock
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I'm confused as to how anyone can tell it's a cat?
Andy
Andy
Johann Sebastian Bach
Well-known member
Because it says so in the headline. Newspapers are always correct in every detail.
Peter
glm2006ITALY
Italian User
It will not be "nice", it is definitely not common (the cat is a feline predator and is very unlikely to become prey!) See what happened .... But we do not see much difference in the "classic" video Raptor and mouse or a wild rabbit
Sangahyando
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Feral house cats and other small predators (martens, weasels, foxes, sparrowhawks etc.) are frequently preyed upon by bigger predators, for example lynx, Eagle Owl, or Golden Eagle. What's probably uncommon is that sea eagles (like Bald Eagles) hunt for them, since they usually subsist on fish, carrion, and waterfowl.
