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Show Starving pheasants are not starving "Starving pheasants" have been a major concern recently recent-ly of many persons calling the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, which is constantly monitoring the welfare of all wild birds in the state. It may appear to many people peo-ple that the pheasants are suffering, but they were originally or-iginally natives of areas that have more severe winter feather fea-ther than Utah so are well adapted for survival in the cold. Pheasants are hardy and able to fend for themselves. It is characteristic of these birds to have their feathers fluffed and to congregate together in small groups in the winter. This is not evidence that they are hungry. Most often, winter deaths among pheasants pheas-ants are a result of suffocation suffoca-tion and freezing in blizzard or extreme cold weather. It is harmful to pheasants to f ?od them. They become de-president de-president of artificial feeding and gather in larger groups, becoming vulnerable to disease dis-ease epidemics. They are also more liable to be victims of predation. |