buzzard attacks England

cd07

If you Google this you'll find the report I couldn't find the link sorry. supposedly they're attacking joggers now. I fear for buzzards over there......

Del.Monte

cd07 wrote: »

If you Google this you'll find the report I couldn't find the link sorry. supposedly they're attacking joggers now. I fear for buzzards over there......

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/buzzard-sinks-talons-jogger-spate-5724312

Non-story on a slow news day. Worry about birds of prey over here where things are in a dire state.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

This makes the tabloids every summer. Rubbish.

cd07

I know obviously its bull but they're getting enough bad press over there without that ****e being printed. and I'm only too well aware of whats happening to raptors here

dodderangler

That's nothing. I seen a kestrel fly off with a full grown man and swallow him whole

Eddie B

dodderangler wrote: »

That's nothing. I seen a kestrel fly off with a full grown man and swallow him whole

Don't see why Buzzards mobbing people seems so obserd to you! I mean, it wouldn't be the first time a person, or animal for that matter, was mobbed by a bird! In fact its fairly common this time of year!

If it were a crow or Maggie, no one would question it!

I mean, let's call a spade, a spade!

magicbastarder

whatever the truth of it, this seems apt:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/03/barrel-jellyfish-invasion-britain-beaches?CMP=share_btn_fb

especially the final paragraph.

Jayzesake

Here's another article about the media demonising wildlife with ridiculous exaggerated stories in order to boost ratings, and the effect that then has on the ground:

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/nature-up/2013/may/17/bloodthirtsty-wildlife-documentaries-reality-ethics

"Most people's wild beasts live in the TV.

What I mean is that, in my experience, most people are highly unlikely to come eyeball-to-eyeball with a large wild animal in their everyday lives, and much of their knowledge of wildlife comes from a screen.

If you're North American or get US-produced satellite TV, you've probably learned a lot about wildlife from outlets like the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and History. You might trust these channels because you've seen educational, factually accurate shows on them, unlike the 'trashy' material that dominates free-to-air network TV.

But not everything on on these 'factual' channels might be as ethical or even as accurate as you might think, and the implications for conservation could be profound."

dodderangler

Eddie B wrote: »

Don't see why Buzzards mobbing people seems so obserd to you! I mean, it wouldn't be the first time a person, or animal for that matter, was mobbed by a bird! In fact its fairly common this time of year!

If it were a crow or Maggie, no one would question it!

I mean, let's call a spade, a spade!

It's nothing about the animal itself being territorial and protecting it's nest.
It's the way the whole thing is posted on the page itself.
First thing you read is
"BUZZARD SINKS TALONS INTO JOGGER IN SPATE OF VICIOUS ATTACK"
Then every pic they show of a buzzard is showing the bird with it's mouth wide open almost to show this animal as a dangerous vicious animal.
That's the annoying part. Just like when a fox had bitten a child in England they made foxes out to be a dire wolf?! Lock up your children foxes will take them.
It's a load of Shiite. Most animals will protect they're young or territory with force no matter the size of the intruder.
Everyone should know that and should respect it and be cautious.
It's a very rare thing to happen . Be more likely to be attacked and mobbed by crows than a buzzard

Birdnuts

The Red top media needs non-stories like this to fill pages in the silly season. It happens every year. God knows what they'd report if one of them happened to walk through a sea-bird colony at this time of year. Hitchcock himself couldn't top the hysteria:pac:

Eddie B

dodderangler wrote: »

It's nothing about the animal itself being territorial and protecting it's nest.
It's the way the whole thing is posted on the page itself.
First thing you read is
"BUZZARD SINKS TALONS INTO JOGGER IN SPATE OF VICIOUS ATTACK"
Then every pic they show of a buzzard is showing the bird with it's mouth wide open almost to show this animal as a dangerous vicious animal.
That's the annoying part. Just like when a fox had bitten a child in England they made foxes out to be a dire wolf?! Lock up your children foxes will take them.
It's a load of Shiite. Most animals will protect they're young or territory with force no matter the size of the intruder.
Everyone should know that and should respect it and be cautious.
It's a very rare thing to happen . Be more likely to be attacked and mobbed by crows than a buzzard

Totally agree with you on how the media blow everything out of proportion, but to be fair this was very real to anyone who was mobbed! It must have been distressing to say the least!

We must remember that for most people a Buzzard is just a big bird! They wouldn't know how damaging this might be for adaptors! We all know that news papers are full of ****, but we continue to buy them, and believe what's written in them!

On the Fox incident! It too was very real for the parents of that child, and although the media done their usual "blow everything out of proportion" take on it, at least it might have reduced the amount of idiots, feeding and trying to befriend wild animals, especially in the cities!

Jayzesake

Eddie B wrote: »

Totally agree with you on how the media blow everything out of proportion, but to be fair this was very real to anyone who was mobbed! It must have been distressing to say the least!

We must remember that for most people a Buzzard is just a big bird! They wouldn't know how damaging this might be for adaptors! We all know that news papers are full of ****, but we continue to buy them, and believe what's written in them!

On the Fox incident! It too was very real for the parents of that child, and although the media done their usual "blow everything out of proportion" take on it, at least it might have reduced the amount of idiots, feeding and trying to befriend wild animals, especially in the cities!

The problem with this type of sensationalism is that it helps create an unconscious feeling of threat and antipathy among the public regarding wildlife. The result is that when wildlife or its habitat is threatened, as it constantly is, they don't care. Or when there are plans to reintroduce an extirpated species, they will be hostile to that.

It's obvious that the person who was subject to an incident of this type will have experienced some pain and distress, just as someone who gets their hand caught in a car door or whatever feels pain and distress but, afaik, nobody writes horror articles with horror pics about car doors.

The push to expect to be able to live in a 100% safe environment would leave us also living in a biologically sterile environment with zero ecological stimulation or interest.