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Visitors to the Cowichan Valley centre learn how to handle the raptors, as well as their standard nutritional regimes and even about the legislation governing falconry

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Kathleen Tolley, releases Spock, a Great Horned Owl at the Pacific Northwest Raptors Centre in the Cowichan Valley near Duncan, B.C.The Globe and Mail

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A leather anklet is used with a swivel and nylon looped falconry leash to prevent tangling and twisting of the leash or tether when the bird is active.The Globe and Mail

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Thin leather jesses are used with a type of grease to tether a hawk or falcon and allow a falconer to keep control of a bird while in training at the Pacific Northwest Raptors Centre in the Cowichan Valley near Duncan, B.C.

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Audience members take pictures of biologist and falconer Tina Hein, middle, as she discusses the nutrition and habits of a local resident Bald Eagle named Manwe, which means master of wind.

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Women patiently wait for the start of the Flying Birds of Prey attraction during at the Pacific Northwest Raptors Centre in the Cowichan Valley near Duncan, B.C.The Globe and Mail

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Spock, a Great Horned Owl native to the Americas, flies down from a perch at the Pacific Northwest Raptors Centre in the Cowichan Valley.

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