08-15-2017, 08:50 PM
(08-15-2017, 10:32 AM)Catherine Wrote: Crows eat the dead and keep an area clean.....
If the farmers are so concerned about their lambs, maybe they should look after the sheep and leave the birds alone.....
When it doesn't work out it is easier to blame crows that to admit that you didn't do your job.....
I am still a little socked by the fact that someone walks around your area with a gun and actually fires the gun. It seems very dangerous to me.....
Very good post, Catherine!
The fact is, many hill farmers leave their sheep unattended for days, even in some cases for weeks or months. They have so many, scattered over such a large area, that they allegedly "don't have the time" to watch over them frequently. It is then so easy to shift the blame for deaths on to crows/ravens.
When we had a flock of sheep, lamb deaths were a very rare occurrence indeed (about one every three years). But then we used to watch over them all the time; they were probably the most spoiled sheep ever, LOL!
As for people walking around shooting, it is just as well that you don't live in the USA, where 36% of the population have guns of some sort, even after a recent drop in numbers (!):
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk...0-year-low
