A rather sad day yesterday when the gun happy local farm hand shot a Jackdaw. Not only was he less than 50m from our house and the road, a law which is another story, the Jackdaw wasnt killed and he walked off. I tried to catch it to put it out of its misery and had to chase the poor bird around until in went to ground and I couldnt locate it in the brambles. He had shot it through the wing and it was dangling from its body.
Its unlikely he has the required license to shoot Jackdaws under the required legislation. Again, another story. And its very unlikely that the poor bird was interfering with any farm activities.
I tried to locate it again this morning with no success. So it dies a slow painful death, or was taken by a predator. Probably not a fox though as they get blasted up here too!
Its lovely to live it such a beautiful area, but the shooting/hunting and general bad farming around here really taints it to the pint of wanting to move away!
Its unlikely he has the required license to shoot Jackdaws under the required legislation. Again, another story. And its very unlikely that the poor bird was interfering with any farm activities.
I tried to locate it again this morning with no success. So it dies a slow painful death, or was taken by a predator. Probably not a fox though as they get blasted up here too!
Its lovely to live it such a beautiful area, but the shooting/hunting and general bad farming around here really taints it to the pint of wanting to move away!
Matt and Charly Potter