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From: stpeters@dawn.crd.ge.com (Dick St.Peters)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Falconry...
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Date: 17 Nov 90 22:34:53 GMT
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In article <1990Nov17.002351.25330@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> rcb33483@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (ArchTeryx) writes:
>I consider, for small-to-medium sized game, falconry to be far, far more 
>"sporting" than hunting with a shotgun.

I too consider falconry preferable to hunting with a gun; however ...

>And, if hawk makes its kill,
>it will be quick and merciful

... are you sure of this?  It's clearly not true of, say, eagles
catching fish, and it's not true of predators in general.  Nature is
rarely merciful.  I've heard that in the wild animals caught by hawks
are often still very much alive when they arrive at the hawk's nest
and the hawk begins shredding them.

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Dick St.Peters, GE Corporate R&D, Schenectady, NY
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