Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Four men fined for shooting owls


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Sharon Stiteler ("the birdchick") alerted me to this very sad article...

"Four Carlton County (MN) men have been fined after separate incidents of shooting owls that migrated into the region during last winter's owl irruption. The shootings were unrelated but occurred when thousands of great gray, boreal and northern hawk owls moved into the region from Canada looking for small rodents to eat."

Link: Full Article from Duluth News Tribune