Dietary biology of the Eurasian eagle-owl own weight, and will kill the young of much larger species such as European otter ("Lutra lutra") and Eurasian badger ("Meles meles"). However, the single most widely reported carnivore is the red fox ("Vulpes vulpes"), as they’ve been recorded in the diet from Denmark and Spain to the Russian Far East. Many fox specimens taken by eagle-owls are young individuals or subadults. Some studies posited that the average fox taken as weighing about , about equal to the eagle-owl’s own weight, but another noted fox specimens killed that were estimated to weigh , much larger than the eagle-owls. At least
Meles Zenawi need for reform." Author Dan Connell, who had interviewed Meles in June, said that "he seemed focused [then] on wrapping up a number of major projects as if he were aware the end was near. Meles knew his days were numbered." The Committee to Protect Journalists cited and criticised the secrecy around Meles' death. The "Washington Post" said that the "circumstances of his death remained laced with intrigue." Regional groups responded with the Ogaden National Liberation Front saying it hoped his death "may usher [in] a new era of stability and peace" and Al Shabaab that it was celebrating the