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Friday, August 08, 2003  When nature messes with man's messing with nature  I really, really hate small dogs (especially those belonging to my neighbor), and I cannot say I am unsatisfied by this: a hawk used to kill rats mistook a rat-dog for a rat. (Okay, it was a Chihuahua. And it survived. And the hawk-based rat-killing program has been called off. But it's still satisfying.) I spent most of my early adolescence being passionately interested in hawks and falcons and falconry. It's a darn good thing the Delaware falconry laws prevented people under 14 from getting licenses, or I'd have been nagging my parents for a backyard mews and my very own large predatory bird every day between fifth and eighth grades. (My friends just wanted ponies...) [ at 12:57 PM • by Abby • permalink •   ]

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