Monday, May 12, 2008

Corvidae.

I have made it very clear on this Blog how desperately this country needs a properly organised cull of magpies but it should not stop there. Crows and rooks are proliferating madly and the article below tells a sad tale of ravens killing young lambs or pecking their eyes out.



If the countryside of this nation were properly managed in the first place, there would be no needs for such measures. The countryside is NOT managed well, consequently we have a growing problem.












Photo: raven.









LINK: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=563931&in_page_id=1770

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