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apcalc

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1. All wild creatures have to eat. Let nature be nature.

Reply to Niagara (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2018, 03:35 PM

Dec 2018

It is hard, I know. Each time a hawk kills one of the birds I feed it is hard to see. ( The theory is that they capture the slow and/or sick.) Will I stop feeding the birds? No. My feeders sustain them over the winter.

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Another Wild Rabbit Slaughter in the Yard [View all] Niagara Dec 2018 OP

All wild creatures have to eat. Let nature be nature. apcalc Dec 2018 #1

Thank you Niagara Dec 2018 #6

Well, you and I surely must feel very differently about wild rabbits. I have created hiding spots hlthe2b Dec 2018 #2

The bunnies must love you. In_The_Wind Dec 2018 #3

Please don't take me the wrong way Niagara Dec 2018 #4

It is a population balance and predators do aid in maintaining that balance, which ultimately keeps hlthe2b Dec 2018 #8

Are the poisons better than the foxes? Lochloosa Dec 2018 #5

Cats kill more baby rabbits than any other animal. Cattledog Dec 2018 #7

Cats are murderous on the bird population, as well. Paladin Dec 2018 #9

If you have cats, the "empties" from the litter box works. akraven Dec 2018 #10

Thank you Niagara Dec 2018 #12

We had a small fox living in and around Duppers Dec 2018 #11

Your photos are amazing! Niagara Dec 2018 #14

Thanks, but I found these online. Duppers Dec 2018 #16

i had two or three orleans Dec 2018 #13

I'm so sorry Niagara Dec 2018 #15