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<blockquote data-quote="Travlr" data-source="post: 1787539" data-attributes="member: 42463"><p>When I was a ditch runner for the Irrigation District we shared a building with the DNR. One day a guy and his wife comes running in all excited and frantic, and they tell the DNR agent that there's an eagle just outside of town attacking an antelope. The antelope was on its feet, and the eagle was stooping on it to hit it in the side over and over again. The DNR guy asked them what they wanted him to do. "Save the poor antelope! An innocent animal is in danger!" The DNR guy hesitated and looked around the room at us ditch runners, etc., that were in the office, all rural locals, and then asked the urbanites if they would like him to save the eagle when it was starving. The woman didn't get it (not sure the husband did either, but she's the one that said it). "Well of course." So the DNR guy says, "So you want us to stop feeding the eagle with the antelope we put out there to feed them?" The guy looks embarrassed, pits his hand on the arm of his wife and they make a quick exit.</p><p></p><p>Most of the eagles I see feeding are scavenging from roadkill, and there's enough of that that they might be satisfied. But a newborn calf might be lunch if the mom isn't protective. Sorry...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Travlr, post: 1787539, member: 42463"] When I was a ditch runner for the Irrigation District we shared a building with the DNR. One day a guy and his wife comes running in all excited and frantic, and they tell the DNR agent that there's an eagle just outside of town attacking an antelope. The antelope was on its feet, and the eagle was stooping on it to hit it in the side over and over again. The DNR guy asked them what they wanted him to do. "Save the poor antelope! An innocent animal is in danger!" The DNR guy hesitated and looked around the room at us ditch runners, etc., that were in the office, all rural locals, and then asked the urbanites if they would like him to save the eagle when it was starving. The woman didn't get it (not sure the husband did either, but she's the one that said it). "Well of course." So the DNR guy says, "So you want us to stop feeding the eagle with the antelope we put out there to feed them?" The guy looks embarrassed, pits his hand on the arm of his wife and they make a quick exit. Most of the eagles I see feeding are scavenging from roadkill, and there's enough of that that they might be satisfied. But a newborn calf might be lunch if the mom isn't protective. Sorry... [/QUOTE]
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