Owls are, traditionally, wise with long memories and an ability to
see things that we do not. It is ironically fitting that, as we fail
to learn from the massive lessons of land degredation, fail to ignore extinction
warnings (including 50% of inland birds over the next 30 years, Prof. H.
Recher, Edith Cowan Uni) and fail to invest in sustainable industries,
we destroy those symbols of wisdom remaining. Even more ironical, really,
that they are imported, non-inidgenous symbols. Or perhaps that says
it all.