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Lovis_Iovis t1_j95s3ea wrote

Reply to comment by dempom in Flaco, the owl who escaped from the Central Park Zoo, will be allowed his freedom - UPI.com by thonioand

A non native apex predator released into any environment will impact that environment in negative ways.

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EdgeOrnery6679 t1_j95vl3a wrote

I mean hows a single owl going to impact the environment? Hes just eating mice, which practically has an unlimited population in this city, and their only natural predators are stray cats and the dozen or so hawks.

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Lovis_Iovis t1_j95yohj wrote

NYC already has native owls and hawks that eat rats (and far more than a dozen or so!) This eagle owl is a threat to those native rat killers. Eurasian eagle owls regularly kill and eat other birds of prey in their native range, and there is no reason to suspect it won’t do the same here.

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SockyNoob t1_j9sz6q8 wrote

Owls eat a lot more than rodents. Some eat entire birds.

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