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Harry Potter Blamed For India's Disappearing Owls

Posted by samzenpus on from the even-muggles-want-one dept.

GillBates0 writes "Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has blamed fans of Harry Potter for the demise of wild owls in the country as children seek to emulate the boy wizard by taking the birds as pets. 'Following Harry Potter, there seems to be a strange fascination even among the urban middle classes for presenting their children with owls,' Ramesh said Wednesday, according to comments reported by the BBC."

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  1. Why is no one asking thse questions? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What if it is actually the demise of the wild owl that causes the popularity of Harry Potter?

  2. Owls in India by seyyah · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... there seems to be a strange fascination even among the urban middle classes for presenting their children with owls ...

    Hoo knew?

  3. OMG. by koolfy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Owl my god.

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  4. Easy fix by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    The next Harry Potter (or other such insanely popular movie) should feature wild killer possums with rabies as pets. That should take care of the problem.

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  5. Change the animal... by AdeBaumann · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe JK Rowling can write another book that has Harry ditch his owl for an alligator. Bam - Problem solved.

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  6. First post! by xaxa · · Score: 2, Funny

    Delivered by owl

  7. Re:Those are some fast children by somersault · · Score: 2, Funny

    How could you not even make it to reading the whole of the summary?

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    which is totally what she said
  8. Re:Diwali by Culture20 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Right, and it absolutely, positively has nothing to do with diwali. Move along, move along. Blame Harry Potter!

    Sacrificing a species into extinction... Did India learn nothing from the Ilwrath?

  9. My first impression: by arielCo · · Score: 3, Funny

    O RLY?

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