The Cranberry hawk was not a pet. This is a wild bird that was preparing for release into nature after the healing of a wing fracture.
Power lines with bare wires of 6/10 kV run throughout Russia wherever people live. Everywhere. It is almost impossible to find a place where a bird can fly freely and there will be no power lines in the radius of its flight.
Birds are dying from electricity everywhere, all over the world, and in huge numbers. The most vulnerable are large birds, ranging from crows and jackdaws. They are trying to solve these problems, but slowly and ineffectively.
I assumed and said from the very beginning that a hawk could die on a power line support. Unfortunately, this is an obvious event, very widespread among falconers and in the wild. There is only one way to protect a bird from this: never letting it out of the aviary.
Not every case of sitting on a pole can end tragically. It all depends on the humidity of the air, the strength of the wind, the behavior of the bird, luck.
It's very hard for me to lose my pets. And it's very scary for those who stay. The worst dreams I have are about the loss of my pets. And when the loss really happens, I really want to wake up, but it doesn't work.
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