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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    Good grief. Have you had enough government yet?
    It's funny when Trump supporters pretend to be against big government.
    Power always thinks it has a great soul, and vast views, beyond the comprehension of the weak. And that it is doing God service when it is violating all His laws.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    It's funny when Trump supporters pretend to be against big government.
    It's funnier when you ruin good thread.

    We love the birds. We deed them but our thieving squirrels steal most of it.
    Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
    Pick your enemies carefully.






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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    It's funny when Trump supporters pretend to be against big government.
    It's funny when liberals pretend they're not America hating fascists.
    Cutesy Time is OVER

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    It's funny when Trump supporters pretend to be against big government.
    Other than rand Paul is anyone in DC against big government.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    We found a great horned out in our field -- hopping, it had broken its wing -- and my daughter caught it and set the wing. She rescues all sorts of injured critters and then lets them go when they're healed. Within a few hours of binding the owl's wing, she was contacted by a wildlife agency and informed that she was not legally permitted to help the owl. She could be fined if she did not turn the owl over to a raptor sanctuary in a nearby town. She drove the owl to the sanctuary and gave it to the people there. She later called to see how it was doing and she was informed they'd euthanized it. They didn't have the room nor the means to help injured raptors.

    She doesn't let anyone know now if she has injured wildlife. She just helps the critters and then releases them. Some rules are less than helpful.
    Some "sanctuary"! How does she handle them without getting hurt? Does she have the gear?

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    Some "sanctuary"! How does she handle them without getting hurt? Does she have the gear?
    She borrowed her dad's welding gloves, but no special gear. She's kind of odd when it comes to animals, they tend to find her when they need help. I know that sounds hokey, but when I drive by myself, I rarely see lost dogs or cats. When I'm riding with her, they come out of the woodwork, and, of course, we have to help each one of them. She bought a place in the country three years ago and she and her fiance raise and train GSDs for police work. She's also in law enforcement, so she gets called when the deputies pick up injured critters. She serves as an overflow for the animal shelter in town. I always thought she'd grow out of that when she grew up but she didn't -- she just found a guy who would build everything she needed to keep animals. She has horses, dairy goats, dogs and cats and an occasional deer/possum/bird that gets injured until she can get it healthy and release it.
    ""A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul" ~George Bernard Shaw

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    Quote Originally Posted by countryboy View Post
    It's funny when liberals pretend they're not America hating fascists.
    E is a libertarian, not a liberal.
    ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ


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    Quote Originally Posted by FindersKeepers View Post
    She borrowed her dad's welding gloves, but no special gear. She's kind of odd when it comes to animals, they tend to find her when they need help. I know that sounds hokey, but when I drive by myself, I rarely see lost dogs or cats. When I'm riding with her, they come out of the woodwork, and, of course, we have to help each one of them. She bought a place in the country three years ago and she and her fiance raise and train GSDs for police work. She's also in law enforcement, so she gets called when the deputies pick up injured critters. She serves as an overflow for the animal shelter in town. I always thought she'd grow out of that when she grew up but she didn't -- she just found a guy who would build everything she needed to keep animals. She has horses, dairy goats, dogs and cats and an occasional deer/possum/bird that gets injured until she can get it healthy and release it.
    Now that's a real animal lover. I might not believe you but when my daughter was little wild critters actually approached her. Good for your daughter doing what she loves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    At first, I thought you were talking about the forum! LOL.

    I once tried to track all the birds that came to my yard, back when I fed them regularly. But then pigeons and squirrels ate most of it.

    I do have an extended Robin family that started off as a pair and now consists of over a dozen.

    Lately, I get vultures. They scratch around on the rook till I chase them off.
    At my age when I see vultures circling I just look up and shout. NOT YET!

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    At my age when I see vultures circling I just look up and shout. NOT YET!
    One of my favorite short pieces by Franz Kafka, "The Vulture"

    There was a vulture that hacked at my feet. He had already shredded my boots and my socks, now he was attacking my feet. He picked away at them, then he flew around me a couple of times skittishly, before resuming his work. A gentleman came along and watched for a while, then he asked me why I tolerated the vulture. “I’m helpless,” I said. “He came and started hacking at me, and of course I wanted to drive him away, I even tried to strangle him, but a beast like that has a lot of strength in him, and he was about to leap at my face, so I thought it was better to sacrifice my feet. Now they’re almost shredded.” “How can you stand to be tormented like that,” said the gentleman, “a single bullet, and that vulture is history.” “Is that right?” I asked, “and would you oblige me?” “Willingly,” said the gentleman, “I just have to go home and get my gun. Can you wait another half an hour?” “I don’t know,” I said, and I stood for a while, rigid with pain. Then I said: “Well, will you try anyway?” “Very well,” said the gentleman, “I’ll be as quick as I can.”

    The vulture had been listening to our conversation, and kept looking back and forth between me and the gentleman. Now I saw that he had understood everything, he flew up, leaning right back to get plenty of momentum, and then, like a javelin thrower, he thrust his beak through my mouth deep into me. As I fell back, I could feel a sense of deliverance as he wallowed and drowned in the blood that now filled all my vessels and burst its banks.
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