Two Peregrin Falcons shot dead in the North....

AudreyHepburn

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/psni-appeal-to-find-the-shooter-of-two-endangered-falcons-1.2299760

Yet more senseless violence against our country's wildlife.

Why can people not just leave this beautiful creatures in peace? I do understand that they have been known to take livestock but surely that is the fault of the farmer for intruding on their habitat, not the other way around?

ScumLord

They kill the sheep/spread TB.

SligoBrewer

ScumLord wrote: »

They kill the sheep/spread TB.

They really don't.

gramar

ScumLord wrote: »

They kill the sheep/spread TB.

They are wobbers and wapists.

When the Sun Hits

AH will need a new mod now.

Uncle Ben

Where they catholics or prods?

conorh91

Dey r urr Cecil

AudreyHepburn

ScumLord wrote: »

They kill the sheep/spread TB.

Ah well that's ok so....jesus wept!

They're wild animals...if and when they do take livestock it's just following their natural instincts, it's no reason to kill them.

As for the TB....is that not badgers and/or cattle....not that it's any reason to kill any animal of course.

ScumLord

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

Ah well that's ok so....jesus wept!

They're wild animals...if and when they do take livestock it's just following their natural instincts, it's no reason to kill them.

And sure the farmers are just following their instinct to shoot things that spread TB and eat sheep. Surely the poor sheepeen deserves to be able to eat some grass without being shnaped up into the sky by one of these flying murder birds.

As for the TB....is that not badgers and/or cattle....not that it's any reason to kill any animal of course.

Why wouldn't it be a reason to kill an animal? Do you like TB?

Cantona's Collars

Dey tuk aarrr flegs!!

Samaris

It is very unusual for TB to be passed to humans from wild peregrine falcons. The ones released in Ireland are fairly unlikely to have it as is, since they have recently been bred in captivity and released to breed. As it happens, the TB bacterium can only infect a person with a suppressed immune system anyway, so really, you'd need a remarkable set of circumstances for an Irish/Northern Irish wild falcon to cause illness in a human. We are far more likely to suffer from having pet cats, and I don't reckon anyone would agree on shooting all of them.

A peregrine falcon is also quite unlikely to kill a sheep. Squirrels, smaller birds, rats, rabbits, yes. Sheep are tricky, as the bird is likely to be injured herself striking, particularly if the sheep doesn't die at once. Golden eagles are bigger and have been known to kill sheep and goats, but they have a different method of hunting. Peregrines are actually fairly small.

Mind you, there have been recent cases of ravens and seagulls banding together (within their own flocks that is, there's no The Birds scenario yet) to kill sheep in Dingle.

ScumLord

Samaris wrote: »

A peregrine falcon is also quite unlikely to kill a sheep. Squirrels, smaller birds, rats, rabbits, yes. Sheep are tricky, as the bird is likely to be injured herself striking, particularly if the sheep doesn't die at once.

Sure sheep are only made out of wool, they'd be no problem for any bird to eat.

Akrasia

AudreyHepburn wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/psni-appeal-to-find-the-shooter-of-two-endangered-falcons-1.2299760

Yet more senseless violence against our country's wildlife.

Why can people not just leave this beautiful creatures in peace? I do understand that they have been known to take livestock but surely that is the fault of the farmer for intruding on their habitat, not the other way around?

Peregrine falcons are absolutely no danger to livestock, unless the farmer is raising pigeons

These falcons pray mostly on other birds and sometimes on small mammals like mice

The ignorant arseholes who shot these birds should be deeply ashamed of themselves.

Samaris

ScumLord wrote: »

Sure sheep are only made out of wool, they'd be no problem for any bird to eat.

True, tasty, nutritious wool!

Actually, the other reason is that the falcon could kill a sheep (somehow) and would only get a very small return in the amount she could eat before the scavengers come and drive her off. It's just not worth it to her, so falcons tend to stick the small animals I mentioned before.

In short, neither of your reasons hold out under investigation, I'm afraid.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

"A Peregrin Falcon's got my baby"

ScumLord

Samaris wrote: »

True, tasty, nutritious wool!

Actually, the other reason is that the falcon could kill a sheep (somehow) and would only get a very small return in the amount she could eat before the scavengers come and drive her off. It's just not worth it to her, so falcons tend to stick the small animals I mentioned before.

In short, neither of your reasons hold out under investigation, I'm afraid.

You're overlooking the fact falcons are notorious assholes. They kill sheep just to see the pain in their children's eyes. They have no interest in eating them, they prefer chicken balls from the Chinese anyway. They can buy as many of them as they like with all the funding they're getting from the state.

Akrasia

ScumLord wrote: »

You're overlooking the fact falcons are notorious assholes. They kill sheep just to see the pain in their children's eyes. They have no interest in eating them, they prefer chicken balls from the Chinese anyway. They can buy as many of them as they like with all the funding they're getting from the state.

A one winged falcon killed my wife and framed me for the murder.

Samaris

ScumLord wrote: »

You're overlooking the fact falcons are notorious assholes. They kill sheep just to see the pain in their children's eyes. They have no interest in eating them, they prefer chicken balls from the Chinese anyway. They can buy as many of them as they like with all the funding they're getting from the state.

A fålcøn once bit my sister.

Wexicanfan

Cant blame them for taking lambs.

ever had lamb chops?

The_Valeyard

We're they Protestant or Catholic Falcons?

Grant Deafening Loiterer

Grant Deafening Loiterer wrote: »

"A Peregrin Falcon's got my baby"

"My Hubby Left Me For a Peregrine Falcon"

"Premiership Footballer's All-Night Hotel Romp With Peregrine Falcon"

ScumLord

"peregrine falcon sex scandal.. "He spread TB all over my face" mother of 12 lambs.."

MadsL

gramar wrote: »

They are wobbers and wapists.

AND PICKPOCKETS!!!!

Son0vagun

A Peregrine Falcon once swooped down and stole my Chips, I kid you not, Chips was my 3year old German Shepard.

dr.fuzzenstein

The shooters should be easy to find. Sloping forehead, bleeding knuckles from dragging them on the ground and drooling.

gramar

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

The shooters should be easy to find. Sloping forehead, bleeding knuckles from dragging them on the ground and drooling.

But what happens when they're all like that up there?

That's a peregrin falco, a do and a lio killed in recent days.

dr.fuzzenstein

Yet another glorious episode in the long and glittering history of mistreatment of animals in this country. We'll put the dead falcon besides the thousands upon thousands of horses that were starved to death in fields, slaughtered and put into Lasagne and exported abroad. Top off the heap with what must be hundreds of thousands of dead cats and dogs and you have a mile high monument of how the Irish treat their animals. We sure hate animals on this green isle of ours.

Peregrine

When the Sun Hits wrote: »

AH will need a new mod now.

It's okay, I'm alive. Close call though.

dr.fuzzenstein

Peregrine wrote: »

It's okay, I'm alive. Close call though.

There he is! Get him!

wildlifeboy

because this is AH I am biting my tongue but these comments about TB and sheep are ridiculous, Peregrines have never been known to take anything bigger than a rabbit and they do not pass on tb to anything. lets face the facts that these were shot for some inbred form of sport an nothing else. it wasn't to protect any livestock, they aren't golden eagles or white tailed sea eagles. theyre smaller than a pigeon for gods sake

Discodog

wildlifeboy wrote: »

because this is AH I am biting my tongue but these comments about TB and sheep are ridiculous, Peregrines have never been known to take anything bigger than a rabbit and they do not pass on tb to anything. lets face the facts that these were shot for some inbred form of sport an nothing else. it wasn't to protect any livestock, they aren't golden eagles or white tailed sea eagles. theyre smaller than a pigeon for gods sake

Pigeons are probably a clue to this. People who race pigeons don't like Peregrins.

There is probably a few fellas reading this & telling their mates that Peregrins cause TB & kill sheep. Even worse they kill fairies.