and,, expletive remove a history lesson ,,, the eagle owl is *expletive removed* all like the peregrine, it is an opportunist hunter and mainly hunts at dusk and yes they would take the od doo of the loft but you would never get grief on race or training days, the RSPB have been quick to remove any that have escaped in to the British countryside as the were taking peregrines of there roosts at dusk, if a predator has no threat in the wild it becomes a plague