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According to another source, thousands of owls are already taken from the wild and killed every year at the Indian festival, Diwali. This is because superstitious people/worshippers urge their followers to use items such as owl fat, bones, eyeballs, egg shells, skulls, feathers, livers, claws, hearts, and many other organs and owl parts in their rituals.
If too many owls are killed, the amount of owl prey in India will most definitely increase. This means that the rabbits, rats, and mice that eat grass and seeds may overpopulate, which could cause a decrease in grass. This could cause a decrease in the mice and rodent population which, overall, would cause a decrease in other predators such as coyotes and wolves that live on mice and rabbits.
My personal opinion on this is negative. I don't think that children and parents need to illegally steal owl in order to satisfy Harry Potter cravings. Thousands of children that read Harry Potter live without owls, and if a parent will contact a POACHER to get the animals, then they are showing that they are bad parents. They are spoiling their children, AND setting a bad example to the kids. Owls are also hard to care for, because they need to be let out periodically for the fresh air, and no one knows if they'll actually come back.
Originally written by: Jennifer Viegas
Written on: November 5, 2010
For more information on the owl issue, go to: http://news.discovery.com/animals/harry-potter-is-hurting-owls-in-india.html
omigosh! this is one of the only bad things i've heard about harry potter! i totally agree that all normal harry potter fans (such as myself) live without owls, and if parents need to get their children owls it does show that they are really bad parents. poor owls! :( anyway, really interesting article, good word choice and great summary.
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