Be very careful! Some here know the storynof my Cali who was attacked by a hawk - which she killed in the fight of her life! Because the authorities felt she was way to small to kill that big hawk (she broke it's neck shaking it as hard as she could for her 3.5 pounds) I got a citation from the government for $10,000.00 - that was the cost for killing a protected species at that time!
I won't go into the cost of the attorney - this goes to federal court.
Bottom line: always be watchful! If you (the human) have to defend your babies, bury the evident to China and shut up
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I had witnesses that blabbed to animal control so that would not work for me. Fortunately some of the witnesses and the university that did the post-examination of the hawk were helpful to me in the end.
Fun part aside: Cali got to go to Federal court and growl at the judge when he tried to pet her😁