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Derek Moody
 
Default Re: Magpie has rights too, judge rules

In article <428df4d53112eefebef732e48018ba4f@free.teranews.co m>, Malcolm
<URL:mailto:Malcolm@malcsplace.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 06:59:15 +0100, "Jim Webster"
> <Jim@feeswerve.spam.co.uk> wrote:


> >he's obviously never seen a lamb or a calf with its eyes pecked out


> There has never been a case of corvids killing a healthy animal on the


That's right, they don't kill them (not outright) as the stockman always
checks them long before nature completes its course.

Cheerio,

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>> derek@farm-direct.co.uk
>> http://www.farm-direct.co.uk/


 
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Jim Webster
 
Default Re: Magpie has rights too, judge rules


"Derek Moody" <derek@farm-direct.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ant021250345BxcK@half-baked-idea.co.uk...
> In article <428df4d53112eefebef732e48018ba4f@free.teranews.co m>, Malcolm
> <URL:mailto:Malcolm@malcsplace.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003 06:59:15 +0100, "Jim Webster"
> > <Jim@feeswerve.spam.co.uk> wrote:

>
> > >he's obviously never seen a lamb or a calf with its eyes pecked out

>
> > There has never been a case of corvids killing a healthy animal on the

>
> That's right, they don't kill them (not outright) as the stockman always
> checks them long before nature completes its course.
>


true, they take the eyes when the calf or lamb is still alive. I've seen
ewes who lost their eyes while lambing and unable to get up.

Jim Webster

> Cheerio,
>
> --
>
> >> derek@farm-direct.co.uk
> >> http://www.farm-direct.co.uk/

>



 
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