prey

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prey • noun   1. lions looking for prey synonyms : quarry, game, kill.
  2. a con man looking for prey | a prey for any dishonest salesman synonyms : victim, target, dupe; inf. sitting duck, sitting target, fall guy, mark, easy mark.

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Theory and methods in carnivore conservation: who limits whom: predators or prey?
Newspaper article from: Endangered Species Update ; ...processes. Whether carnivores, in particular, limit the populations of their prey, or are limited by those prey, has long been controversial and is critical to conservation of prey and predatory species. I return to the question because it is a good question...
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Raptors as vermin: a history of human attitudes towards Pennsylvania's birds of prey. (Raptor Conservation).
Newspaper article from: Endangered Species Update ; ...elimination of so-called harmful birds of prey. Raptors were unprotected in Pennsylvania...of 1918 was amended to include birds of prey. At least part of the change in attitudes...the world's first refuge for birds of prey, which was founded in Kempton, Pennsylvania...
The world of birds of prey.
Newspaper article from: Bucks Herald (Aylesbury, England) ; ...work has broadened to include other birds of prey, members were told. The trust provides information...how to create habitats for raptors and their prey, as well as making and supplying nest boxes...falcons, hawks, harriers and other birds of prey.
Prey on the wing; Falconry takes off in the wilds of New Hampshire.
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) ; ...different impression of hunting with birds of prey. Falconry is alive and well north of the...of raptors (a general term for birds of prey) since 1990 - Ms. Cowan's school grew out...and lots of others, have for birds of prey. We had done innumerable demonstrations...
The prey of the lynx spider Oxyopes globifer (Araneae, Oxyopidae) associated with a semidesert dwarf shrub in Azerbaijan.(Report)
Magazine article from: Journal of Arachnology ; ABSTRACT. The prey of the lynx spider, Oxyopes globifer Simon...After oviposition, however, the records of prey capture in egg-guarding females also declined...ants, which accounted for 62.7% of total prey. No other prey taxon was present in any...
Bird of prey strikes in Bearsden.
Newspaper article from: Milngavie & Bearsden Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) ; ...anything to go by. The stunning bird of prey was captured on camera last week taking...said: My wife photographed this bird of prey after it attacked and killed a wood pigeon...there are plenty of pigeons for them to prey on. Have you seen anything unusual or interesting...
Predators & Prey.(Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation)
Magazine article from: C: International Contemporary Art ; ...Foundation, Toronto In Predators & Prey Toronto-based curator and collector Ydessa...exhibition's title-cum-theme, Predators & Prey, presents a new variation on Hendeles...always simultaneously the predator and the prey. For example, immediately inside the exhibition...
Police anger at 'cowardly' thieves who prey on the vulnerable.
Newspaper article from: Haverhill Echo (Haverhill, England) ; ...Pitcher, of Halstead Police said: They are cowards because they prey on the elderly. We are really pushing to catch these people...Station added: It's absolutely evil. It's carried out by people who prey on the most vulnerable part of society. A lot of people are so...
Messina. (Straits of Messina, migratory route for birds of prey)
Magazine article from: National Review ; ...Sicily are a well-know migratory route, especially for birds of prey, and these raptors are special objects of the hunter's urge even though they cannot be eaten. Though birds of prey are officially protected, hundreds of poachers wait on each side...

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