I'm sorry....but I beg to differ.
We lived in Northern Wisconsin for many years. My neighbor has live footage of a brand newborn fawn being lifted off the ground by a huge eagle. He made 3 attempts to lift that fawn up to it's nest and unfortunately he dropped it mid-air into the lake in the process.
The mother dear was frantic and running up and down the shoreline...very sad.
Another co-worker of mine left his ****zu dog on the deck to go potty and 6 minutes later he heard a ruckus, went to open the deck door, and witnessed his dog screaming as he was being carried off by an eagle latching on to his collar.
Another neighbor here in Florida, was walking her new Teddy Bear ****zu puppy in her back yard and the neighborhood hawk actually had the nerve to swoop down on her and try to get that puppy. The women screamed, grabbed that puppy and ran for the house ! The hawk actually did scratch her shoulder in the process of her grabbing her dog. Very real, Very scary !
I'm keenly aware of large birds overhead when I'm out hiking with our dogs, it's a genuine threat to small animals in my opinion because I witnessed it.
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Tater 
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