hi Pina, thank you for visiting my blog and leaving your comment. Regarding the birds, you seem to have misunderstood the situation with the birds; some of them are working birds; they are used for hunting and allowed to fly freely when doing so. They are bred in captivity from long lines of hunting birds, and are, as such, domesticated not wild. Others are rescued birds, who for various reasons could not survive in the wild, (injuries for instance from people shooting them, which is illegal but sadly happens). Others are not native to Great Britain and may have been smuggled in to the country. It is against the law here and in most countries to release non-native creatures into the wild, to protect the indigenous population, and so they are kept in good conditions in sanctuaries. Many are used for breeding programmes to keep the species alive, as sadly many birds of prey are still persucted over here and their numbers are low. They are not just kept for pleasure, which as you say, would not be kind.
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hi Pina, thank you for visiting my blog and leaving your comment. Regarding the birds, you seem to have misunderstood the situation with the birds; some of them are working birds; they are used for hunting and allowed to fly freely when doing so. They are bred in captivity from long lines of hunting birds, and are, as such, domesticated not wild.
Others are rescued birds, who for various reasons could not survive in the wild, (injuries for instance from people shooting them, which is illegal but sadly happens).
Others are not native to Great Britain and may have been smuggled in to the country. It is against the law here and in most countries to release non-native creatures into the wild, to protect the indigenous population, and so they are kept in good conditions in sanctuaries. Many are used for breeding programmes to keep the species alive, as sadly many birds of prey are still persucted over here and their numbers are low. They are not just kept for pleasure, which as you say, would not be kind.
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