He didn't expect to find much that he could eat among a species who ate live prey.
They have been known to take live prey on occasion, but this is rare.
The creature eats carrion, but it is known to kill live prey.
Also, its feeding mostly on live prey makes it extremely difficult to keep in captivity.
Their natural diet consists of live prey and dead animals and fish.
I guess it worked - and I probably wouldn't have enjoyed seeing them use live prey anyway.
They will take live prey but mostly feed on carrion.
It takes a broad range of live prey, mostly birds.
Hunting for live prey is still an important part of country life, but less popular than in John Peel's day (see page 64).
"In addition, the hawks bring live prey to the nest where it is killed and torn for feeding."