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Originally Posted by diggleken  they sure are clever birds -most corvids seem to be - in the canadian rockies they get very very close (plus Clarkes nutcrackers), quite disconcerting for such a large bird with such a vicious beak, but I love em - still dont think there should be any cull in spite of some damage done - surely its acceptable to take some hits with lambs. It goes with the territory as a hill farmer.
Ken |
but I think that may be what it comes down to, if you lose a significant percentage of your stock and therefore livelyhood to ravens you're going to want to do something about it so you can feed your family?
Doubtless there are some farmers who'd want them gone even if it was only one lamb a year - even though 30 drown in streams but I'd have thought most would only want them removed or numbers reduced if it was severly hurting their pocket?
maybe I'm being too naive?