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Owls As Pets

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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OWLS

Not good pets
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IS IT ILLEGAL?

  • Short answer: in the US, yes.
  • Keeping an owl requires a license.
  • If it's a native species, you don't own it.
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WHY OWLS MAKE BAD PETS

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THEY NEED SPACE

Flying is important. You walk your dog, right?

THEY ARE MESSY

Poop, owl pellets, molting...

THEY DON'T CUDDLE

Just no. And they're not even sorry.
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THEIR DIET

Congrats, you get to give them little pink mice. Daily.
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THEY DESTROY THINGS

Because, you know, WILD.
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IF THEY GET SICK...?

They REALLY don't want to tell you. It's a raptor thing.
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NOISE

They make it. Especially during mating season.