Harry Potter Blamed For India's Disappearing Owls 252
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."
Why is no one asking thse questions? (Score:2, Funny)
Owls in India (Score:3, Funny)
... there seems to be a strange fascination even among the urban middle classes for presenting their children with owls ...
Hoo knew?
OMG. (Score:3, Funny)
Easy fix (Score:5, 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.
Change the animal... (Score:4, Funny)
Maybe JK Rowling can write another book that has Harry ditch his owl for an alligator. Bam - Problem solved.
First post! (Score:3, Funny)
Delivered by owl [wikipedia.org]
Re:Those are some fast children (Score:3, Funny)
How could you not even make it to reading the whole of the summary?
Re:Diwali (Score:3, Funny)
Right, and it absolutely, positively has nothing to do with diwali [thehindubusinessline.com]. Move along, move along. Blame Harry Potter!
Sacrificing a species into extinction... Did India learn nothing from the Ilwrath?
My first impression: (Score:4, Funny)