Gamekeeper gets suspended sentence

[lovfinion]

Originally Posted by Jonathan

Presumably you are referring to this thread:

Peregrine Shot !!!

No-one accused you of being paranoid and no-one suggested that 'most BoP deaths were by telephone lines, windmills or road kills'. Both of those statements are untrue.




Something we can both agree on . . .

Cheers
Jonathan

excuse me this is your exact statement

"I'd suggest that collisions - power lines, fences, wind turbines, windows, planes, trains and automobiles . . . account for a far higher percentage of raptor mortality than deliberate persecution by man."

from this very thread Peregrine Shot !!!

that to me is you suggesting that most BOP are killed by accidental deaths, sorry I don't usually like to quote people but in this instance you do indeed suggest that most raptors are killed by accidental means..

[Jonathan]

Originally Posted by lovfinion

excuse me this is your exact statement

"I'd suggest that collisions - power lines, fences, wind turbines, windows, planes, trains and automobiles . . . account for a far higher percentage of raptor mortality than deliberate persecution by man."

from this very thread Peregrine Shot !!!

that to me is you suggesting that most BOP are killed by accidental deaths, sorry I don't usually like to quote people but in this instance you do indeed suggest that most raptors are killed by accidental means..

No - that's me suggesting that more raptors are killed by collision than by deliberate persecution by man.

I have no idea what the biggest killer of raptors is. As around two thirds of juvenile peregrines, for instant, never reach adulthood, I'd suggest that starvation is possibly the biggest killer.

Cheers
Jonathan

[lovfinion]

Yeah young birds are are possibly more prone to die from starvation, but it's the adult population that is hit hardest by persecution, heck just take at this thread Peak District raptors

I don't dispute alot of birds are killed by other means other than by human persecution, but there is an alarming increase across the UK of Raptors being persecuted with more & more evidence surfacing..

[kiwi]

This angers me so much. What is the point. Does he get some kind of sick thrill out of killing. Some people think they are so big and animals are weak and helpless. Only about a month ago a hunter nearly got killed by a deer when trying to shoot it .Humans are probably the weakest lifeforms on the planet compared to other species , we only manage to kill things with guns.