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Bald Eagle Drops House Cat Into The Nest For Eaglets To Chow Down On

A man’s gotta eat and so does his family…

Unfortunately for us, our favorite furry critters can be easy targets for those birds that decide to make a home near an urban environment.

It’s notoriously rumored that many nests that belong to birds of prey are littered with many different collars from cats and smaller dogs. It’s no question that these birds are absolute killers… assassins of the sky.

Eagles in particular are crazy good at hunting. They have vison far better than humans and it’s said that what we can see at 5 feet away they see the same at 20 feet. They also see in UV meaning any trace an animal leaves is easily picked up and draws them in.

Yup, that means your yard covered in dog piss is a clear target these birds are keeping an eagle eye on.

The funny thing about this particular video is that it involves a housecat. Cats are known to cause more bird deaths in North America than any other cause by far. Seriously, they kill millions of birds a year.

So, if we think its cute when our pet lands on the front step, proud of his kill, it’s hard to be to upset when something comes after it, isn’t it?

I mean, I get it… they are pets… there is a difference. But we need be realistic about what goes on out in the wild.

These eagles here are shown with one parent and two chicks in a nest. It’s a common research tool and its often live-streamed to watch an eagle’s nest. Lots of cool stuff can be captured, just like this instance right here.

The mature eagle in the nest looks back and another flies in and lands in the nest.

At first its hard to tell what, but this eagle brought home dinner. After we get the slo-mo replay you can see that it has a house cat that is done for in the nest… all you can really make out is the head…

According to the author of the video, this eagle’s name is Harriet:

“Harriet flies in to the nest with roadkill cat (head and foot). She most likely picked it up from the side of the road after the cat had an unfortunate run in with a car and brought it to the nest as prey for the E’s.

Eagles are opportunistic hunters, nothing is wasted in nature. It may be difficult to see the cat head on the nest and some viewers may want to limit their watching until it is disposed of one way or another. Poor kitty…”

Keep you kitties close if you have any birds of prey around.

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Bald Eagle Snatches Someone’s House Cat In Minnesota

Watch your pets people…

These airborne predators do not discriminate between animal species, domesticated or wild. All they care about is their next meal.

Sadly, our beloved pets, whether it be small dogs or cats, are generally insanely easy targets for them. The same way one of these flying dinosaurs will swoop down on a rabbits, prairie dogs, and even fish, eagles think nothing of digging their talons into Fluffy, the 2-pound rodent you keep in your purse (sorry, that’s not a dog).

There are many stories of this out there, whether its an owl getting a dog, finding leashes in a nest or in this case an eagle flying with a cat. Hell, in some parts of the world, golden eagles have been known to take a run at small children.

It happens… small pets just look tasty to them. That’s why you should be on guard when in an area with known predators. They are sneaky, they are fast, and by the time you see them, it’s too late.

This video shows how easy they can manhandle a common housecat.

A women is driving filming an eagle sitting in a park.

You know something is off about the situation because an eagle never just sits in a park like its relaxing. There has to be something else going on…

That something else is quickly revealed when the eagle starts flying away. As it takes off a house cat that was in a ball takes shape again so you can tell what the eagle is having for lunch.

It near ripped it into two pieces.

And at first glance you see the eagle, but you don’t really get a feel for its massive size until it flies away, flexing that massive wingspan.

I hate to say it, but I can’t help but feel like it’s a little bit of karma. Outdoor house cats are the biggest killer of song birds in North America and this ones time comes to an end from another bird… seems slightly fitting.

The video comes to us from a fella up in Two Harbors, Minnesota:

“My dog, Keisha and I were driving around taking pictures of wildlife when I saw this Eagle sitting on the ground. He was arguing with two black birds. I decided to take a picture of him. This would be the first picture of an Eagle that I take.

As I started driving closer to him he wasn’t moving. So I decided to take a video of him. I thought him taking off in flight would make a great video. I was shocked. Did not see that coming.

My dog and I just sat there like, what did we just see?”

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Bald Eagles Have Killed Over 50 Lambs In Idaho

Beginning in April, bald eagles started stealing sheep from Rocky Matthews, a rancher near Murtaugh Lake in Idaho.

Last spring, 54 of his lambs have been poached by the birds, including 7 in one day, which were all reportedly killed by one eagle.

“I truly think he was just honing his skills because you don’t kill seven of them out of need.”

Initially, Matthews was unsure of what exactly was killing all of his lambs until he saw a bald eagle attack his flock from the sky. For a moment, he even thought someone was shooting them with pellet guns.

The eagles have been nesting on his ranch for more than 20 years without incident, but that all changed this year.

“They’ve never crossed paths till this year. The damage under the hide is a hundredfold from what you see on the exterior.”

He estimates the loses on those lambs have cost him roughly $7,500. He also hypothesizes the the eagles were drawn to his sheep because colder then usual water temperatures in the lake this time of year could have made fishing more challenging for the birds.

Mr. Matthews has since relocated his flock of sheep further away from the eagles and to an area with more barn cover. Meanwhile, Idaho Fish and Game has directed him to the Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program to explore potential solutions.

Since shooting the birds is not an option as with other livestock menacing predators, moving them was his only option. Eagles are federally protected, and those caught poaching them are potentially subject to up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.

Hopefully the new location works out for the better, because the current rate of predation is not sustainable for a ranching operation.

“In 45 days, I’ll be out of sheep.”

The neighboring state of Wyoming recently approved a plan to relocate a number of golden eagles with a similar habit of preying on sheep, but there is no indication that option is being explored in this instance.

Two eagle parents feeding a dead cat to their babies was broadcast live to the internet thanks to a 'nest cam'

'To people, the cat represents a pet but to the eagles and to other raptors, the cat is a way to sustain the eaglets and help them to grow'

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Proponents of keeping cats indoors offer several arguments to make their case. Roaming cats prey on birds and can get slammed by trucks, they say, and might eat rat poison or lap up anti-freeze.

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In this particular case, by what seems to be a very hard-core eagle couple that resides in eastern Pittsburgh, and whose domestic life is streamed live on a web cam. Mom and Dad have two young beaks to feed, and cam viewers learned Tuesday just how seriously they take that job.

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Late that afternoon, one adult was in the nest with the shiny black babies when the other swooped down and dumped something. Clear as day, there it was: a small, limp, brown-and-white cat.

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In a YouTube video of the incident, everyone looked a little puzzled for a minute, then one of the adults dragged the feline to the other side of the nest. The video cuts out at that point, so the dinner scene is left to viewers’ imaginations.

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Live-cam viewers, of course, saw it all play out, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that some were “squeamish or disturbed.”

The Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania responded on its Facebook page with a post reminding people that nature “isn’t always kind or pretty.” (Case in point: After a baby bald eagle died on another webcam in Hanover, Pa., its carcass “eventually deteriorated and was slowly stomped into the structure of the nest,” the Post-Gazette reported.)
The Pittsburgh cat was probably already dead when it was brought to the nest, the Audubon Society said, though it wasn’t clear whether it met its demise at the claws of an eagle.

“While many may cringe at this, the eagles bring squirrels, rabbits, fish (and other animals) into the nest to eat multiple times each day,” the society said. “To people, the cat represents a pet but to the eagles and to other raptors, the cat is a way to sustain the eaglets and help them to grow. ”

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A Imperial Eagle was brought to Yekaterinburg from Abakan, which broke its wing during a hunt, now it will live in the nursery for birds of prey "Kholzan", January 2022 | e1.

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The eagle was injured while hunting and will no longer be able to fly

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The bird, listed in the International Red Book, now lives in the Sverdlovsk region. The wounded imperial eagle was rescued by random eyewitnesses in Khakassia and sent to the Urals.

After a severe injury, the predator cannot fly, so he did not fly to Yekaterinburg, but rushed on a fast train. The Sandrikin family could not leave the feathered predator without help, although at first they wanted to do just that.

— We were going to visit the village, and he was sitting very close to the roadway, — Elena Sandrikina recalls. - It was clear that the wing was broken, it hung near him. We were taken by doubts: after all, the bird is large and predatory. At first we decided that we would not touch him. We got into the car and he followed us. I looked straight into my eyes and walked along the track, the wing was dragging. We couldn't leave. He was not at all aggressive. He let himself be taken with his hands, calmly sat in the car seat.

The eagle underwent surgery in Abakan. Most likely, during the hunt, the bird rushed for prey and hit the asphalt. It was not possible to save the wing, it was completely amputated.

This is how an eagle was found on the side of the road in Abakan

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It is impossible to release a disabled predator into nature: it simply will not survive. At the family council, the Sandrikins decided to shelter the foundling in their private home. For this, a special permit had to be obtained from Rosprirodnadzor (without it, a wild animal or bird cannot be taken from nature). Thus, an empty chicken coop in the yard became the new habitat of the cemetery, and field mice became prey.

— There was a lot of hay in the chicken coop. As soon as it got colder, mice began to run in there - apparently to warm up. For him it has become a hunt. He caught these mice,” Elena shares. One day, a neighbor's cat passed by the chicken coop. The eagle darted sharply at the net. If there was no fence, he would definitely have a cat. The sight is, of course, mesmerizing. But after that, the neighboring animals did not go to us anymore.

The eagle became a family favorite

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Although ornithologists in Abakan could not determine the sex of the bird, the foundling was named Bulat. For ten months of marriage, he ate almost the entire family budget.

Predator eats only raw meat. The Sandrikins fed Bulat with chicken and beef. Farmers in a neighboring village, having entered the situation, sold offal to them cheaply.

Eagle eats only raw meat and likes to catch mice

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- Bulat made friends with our dog. At first he was very afraid of her. When the dog ran up, the eagle lay down and pretended to be dead. So he lay, looked with peripheral vision, - says Elena. - Then they got used to each other, sat, looked through the net.

The Sandrikins always understood that their chicken coop was just a temporary place of residence for Bulat, and specialists from Rosprirodnadzor were looking for a permanent place for him. And so the Ural center for the rehabilitation of birds of prey "Kholzan" agreed to accept the disabled eagle.

In such a container, the eagle came to the Urals from Khakassia

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The bird was bought a separate compartment on the train and put in a special container for transportation: outwardly it is a large box with holes. On the way, they decided not to give Bulat water or food, so as not to open the container once again and disturb him. Without water and food, a feathered predator can live for two weeks, and the journey took only a couple of days.

In this box, the eagle was delivered to the village of Kashino, where the rehabilitation center is located. On the way, Bulat got tired, but in general he feels good.

The container was only opened in the aviary

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“The bird is active, jumped out of the box, everything is fine,” said Oleg Svetlitsky, director of the rehabilitation center. - Stress is always present during transportation, but it is adapted to people, so everything will be in order. We have to establish the gender and age of the eagle. Let's take a closer look at the color. If white spots have already appeared on the shoulders, it means that he is about five or six years old. This is a fairly young bird.

The eagle is now inspecting the spacious enclosure, which is three times the size of the former chicken coop. When Bulat gets comfortable, he will be placed with other predators - comrades in misfortune.

We have already told how the Red Data Book birds are rescued in Yekaterinburg. Watch our touching video about a broken eagle. He was kept in an apartment in cruel conditions. Rosprirodnadzor intervened in the fate of the unfortunate bird. Also read the story of the rescue of an owl stuck on a lamppost.

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    Cat and child | Hills

    How will your cat react to the arrival of a new tenant in the house, and what can you do to make your child and your cat get along? Veterinarian and behaviorist Francesca Riccomini offers some tips to help prepare your pet for the birth of a child.

    For many owners, their cats are just as much a member of the family as everyone else, and as such they have the same rights to all the resources in the house. In the understanding of a cat, these resources also include human attention, which is required quite often, regardless of whether there is someone in the house. So can your cat and your child get along?

    In the spotlight

    It is not uncommon for a pet to be brought up and even pampered like one's own child. Everything is fine if it suits the temperament of the cat and the whole family agrees with the state of affairs. But when a real child appears in the house, problems can arise.

    The situation becomes more complicated if the cat is already an adult and has little or only negative experience with babies and small children, especially if it took place during such an important period of life for the cat as socialization (from 2 to 7 weeks of life). Many of us take a cat into the house after this period has successfully ended, or simply do not have the opportunity to introduce the kitten to small children in time. Although there is a chance to make up for this lack of communication in later life, it is best to think through and prepare everything before the birth of a child.

    Different cats react differently

    How your cat reacts to the arrival of a new family member is determined by heredity (breed, pedigree), individual character traits and communication experience. Sometimes - and this should be borne in mind - these factors do not contribute to the joint peaceful existence of a cat and small children. Some owners, after carefully considering all aspects of the problem, decide that they can no longer be responsible for this particular animal, and find a good home for him, more suitable for his needs.

    Cat aggression towards children or urinating in the wrong places (due to the stress of having a baby in the house) can make the owner abandon the pet. Such a situation cannot always be foreseen, but you can try to prevent it by thinking everything over in advance.

    Living in harmony

    In order for your large family to live happily, you must take into account the characteristics of the animal itself and the environment. Your pet needs to have its own bed, food and water bowls, toys, litter box, etc. All this should be located in the house so as not to disturb people, but also convenient for the animal itself. The tray should be in a secluded area away from bowls and "high traffic" areas such as the kitchen and hallway; it is better to place a scratching post near the front door or a place that your pet has already looked after as a “victim” for its claws. If possible, it is better to choose high-lying places or an area for feeding and rest that can be isolated from the rest of the house with the help of an arena. This way your cat will have a chance to hide from the onset of children. If the current location of your pet's bed, litter box, and other items becomes impractical or uncomfortable when the baby enters the home, it's best to make changes ahead of time. This is especially important for older cats, for whom all lifestyle changes should be made gradually.

    Where to hide

    Remember that cats' preferred response to any alarming situation or potential threat is to hide - preferably in a high above ground, dark, secluded corner that offers a good view and can be safely observed and assess the situation. Such a shelter for your pet can easily be made from cardboard boxes, laying them on their side, or build a dome for his bed and place it on top of cabinets or a sturdy shelf. Organize several of these retreats in different parts of the house, especially where you will spend time with your child, and try to train your cat to use them by putting her favorite blanket or treat inside.

    No entry

    Often the room that becomes the nursery has always been accessible to your cat. It is recommended to restrict access to this room to your pet in advance before the appearance of the child in the house. To reduce the negative reaction to changes in the environment and prevent the formation of "frustration of non-achievement", spray the closed door and its jamb with Feliway spray. Keep in mind that indoor cats are more sensitive to any changes in their environment, territory restrictions or lifestyle changes than their counterparts with free access to the street.

    Changes in the environment

    Cats' sense of smell is very sensitive, and smells are an important means of communication for pets. Thus, any change in the composition of odors in the territory where the cat lives can seriously affect it and cause it real stress. This fact is often overlooked, but this may explain why the cat marks things in the house intended for the child and appearing before his arrival - she tries to establish her position in the house by marking these items with her scent. Children's things (pram, crib, high chair) can be treated with preparations containing pheromones. It would be a good idea to collect baby care items from family and friends so that your cat can become familiar with the range of often quite pungent odors she will have to deal with later.

    For us, this situation is not a problem, because our sense of smell is too poorly developed, but for a cat, this is a real intrusion into her life. Bringing new things into the house gradually will not only help prevent your cat from developing aversion to them and accustoming her to having them in the house, but it will also give your cat an opportunity to form positive associations with them, such as with a treat or favorite game as a reward when the next new thing appears in the house.

    Praise, games, food

    It is important to remember that in no case should you cultivate a feeling of anxiety or fear in an animal - this will only aggravate the problem. Through praise, petting, play and treats, you can train your cat to feel comfortable and confident in the face of any challenge. Hearing in cats, as well as the sense of smell, is much better developed than ours. Therefore, it makes sense to play (quietly at first) recordings of sounds made by the baby - crying, hooting, screeching, etc. If your cat behaves the way you would like, reward her and gradually increase the volume of the sound as your pet gets used to it.

    First contact

    Of course, it would be good for your pet if there were small children in your house, but their communication with the animal must be controlled. Such communication can be frightening for a cat, especially if children begin to compete for the right to play with her. Always supervise your pet's interactions with other people and ensure that it is handled gently and gently. Children should never be allowed to pick up a cat that they will not be able to hold firmly. They need to be taught how to hold the animal correctly, distributing the entire body weight on their hands and supporting with one hand from below, so that the animal does not hang on its front legs. Also keep in mind that some conscientious children, when instructed not to drop the kitten, inadvertently squeeze the animal too tightly, so that they harm the animal no less than rude and inattentive children. It is best to maintain distance communication by using toys such as fishing rods, balls or sunbeams, pointing them at the wall; while it is better to sit quietly next to the cat and gently pat or scratch it, if this does not seem too annoying to your pet. Again, positive social experiences reinforced with praise or treats help form positive associations with the presence of small children in the home. Never allow anyone, including children, to encourage your pet to play with fingers, toes, or other body parts. Subsequently, this can lead to injury, albeit unintentional, and sometimes to the formation of aggressive behavior in the animal.

    Gradual change

    If you and your pet were previously very close, it may be harder to find the time to give your pet the same attention when you have a baby. Therefore, it would be more humane to reduce the emotional saturation of your relationship a little in advance. Consider a new daily routine and set aside time for communication with your pet, which you are guaranteed to be able to devote to him in the future. Any changes should occur gradually so that their negative impact on the animal is minimal. If your cat is used to having unlimited attention from you at any time, start taking breaks in communication, at first short ones, well in advance of the baby's arrival in the house. You can gradually increase the duration of the periods for which communication is stopped, at a pace that your pet can accept. Set aside time for play or grooming that suits your new daily routine and your cat's needs, but if she looks agitated or stressed, don't try to compensate with extra attention - this will only make her more upset, she may even lash out at you.

    Behavioral Problems

    If your cat has behavioral issues that you were previously blind to, now is the time to address them, as they are likely to be exacerbated by the upheaval that will occur when you enter the house small child. When the baby arrives, try to set aside time for your cat that you can spend exclusively with her, and follow her usual daily routine. Predictability is very important when dealing with cats. If you're just too busy to make enough time for both your baby and your cat at the same time, invite friends or family members that your pet knows and ask them to play with your pet or do some grooming. If your pet tries to hide from your baby, never stop him. The desire to escape is a natural reaction of a cat to any phenomenon unfamiliar to her. If you try to hold it, it will only cause stress and fear, which can later develop into aggression if the animal feels that it is trapped and has lost control of the situation.

    The arrival of a child in the home

    The moment you bring your child into the home is especially important. If you've taken all the steps discussed above, hopefully your cat won't mind the new housemate. However, installing Feliway sprayers in different parts of the house, especially those where a child often visits, will be useful in such a situation.

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