Comments on: Harry Potter Fans Buy Pet Owls To Be More Like Their Favorite Star

By: krissy

krissy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:53:23 +0000

When your kids say they want to keep a wild animal just take them to the zoo.

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:48:39 +0000

Sometimes I think the parents want the owl more than the kids do.
I seriously doubt the kids are saying, “Mom, I really, really want an owl, and if I don’t get one I’m going to die.”
I think they’re just like, “Cool owl. I wish I had one.”
I mean, sort of how I’d like to live by the ocean and have a pet dolphin that could speak English, but that’s not going to happen.
I think the parents just buy animals and electronics to prove their wealth.

By: VeggieTart

VeggieTart — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:16:27 +0000

The parents who bought their kids clown fish after watching “Finding Nemo” with the kids completely missed the point, didn’t they? Completely glossed over the fish aren’t meant to live in a box line.

And idiot parents got dalmatians for their kids after seeing the Disney flicks completely oblivious to the fact that dalmatians are stubborn dogs who don’t listen well and are hard to train. I’ve met a few; I know what stubborn (and sometimes stupid) dogs they are.

Kids want an owl and probably Harry Potter’s magical powers, and parents are dumb enough to go try to find a snowy owl or whatever the fashionable animal of the moment is.

It’s one thing to get a sword or a costume–you can get rid of those with few qualms. But a living creature is not a toy, and I wish kids and their parents would get it through their thick skulls.

By: Erica

Erica — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:58:21 +0000

Kelly G., why would JK Rowling forsee this abandonment? She was a struggling writer. she had no idea her novel would even take off, let alone make it to film.
Stop blaming the writer!

By: Whoever...

Whoever... — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 23:07:24 +0000

I hate harry potter and always will!! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it
This only makes me hate it even more

Okay, enough with the hatred thing…

Seriously, I believe it’s absolutely ridiculous that (stupid) parents would indulge their (stupid) kids with such a ‘pet’!

Oh well, maybe if an owl rips their eyes out (do owls do that? well in this case they should!) they’ll stop buying them…

Ridiculous, as only humans can be!

By: erin raw foods

erin raw foods — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:04:39 +0000

Ok I must admit I bought a Kill Bill Sword since I had the costume, dressed up for her as Halloween and won a contest

BUT I think it’s ridiculous to buy an owl! They shouldn’t have ab(used) a real one in the film either! They could have had some kick ass digital one that talked or something… All so sad.

And I never fell for those fads as a kid either. I did like reptiles though but never bought one and set my brother’s turtle free….

By: Inga Ambrosia

Inga Ambrosia — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:16:03 +0000

Programming in film is a powerful tool. “Mindless sheep” … no offense to sheep, actually I’m sure sheep are smarter, they don’t waste money.

By: s

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:09:23 +0000

i read all the harry potter books, but it never occured to me to want an owl. these two things strike me as very sad–
a. all these owls getting abandoned
b. parents buying their kids owls. is there nothing geekier? besides a kill bill sword, obviously.

By: kelly g.

kelly g. — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:36:12 +0000

“After you saw Kill Bill did you go out and buy a sword? No? Then why buy a dang owl!”

Heh, actually, a lot of people did; just Google “Kill Bill sword” and you’ll find a ton of replicas. I thought about buying one to hang over my fireplace, but went in another decorating direction

Of course, I’m 31; parents shouldn’t buy their kids swords *or* owls.

Too bad JK Rowling didn’t have the foresight to use (or, better yet, dream up!) a mythical creature instead of a real animal. Wizards can create unicorn-pterosaur hybrids, right?

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:26:15 +0000

I’ve was never one of those spoiled children. The Lion King- ooh, mommy, can we get a lion cub? Finding Nemo- I want a fishy! Nope, none of that. I never fell for ANY product placement, and that includes animals. I always made up my own decision regarding pets. When I was eight, I fell for reptiles, so I bought three geckos, one after another. They all escaped/died, and then I pretty much gave up. Until I was nine, and I wanted nothing more than my own German Shepherd puppy. I still have that dog, six years later, and she is my dearest friend.
So even though owls are beautiful owls, they belong in the wild, or at least in a place where professionals can tend to them.
Although, I am curious as to where these kids are getting snowy owls?