[tn-bird] Re: $$ Value of Red-tailed Hawks and Black Vultures
- From: OLCOOT1@xxxxxxx
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 20:51:10 EDT
The release had little in details but I'm sure more will come out in news
articles.
I don't know the circumstances in this case but I know that certain,
extremely potent pesticides are sometimes used by the unscrupulous to seed
dead animals in order to attract and kill coyotes. The perpetrators simple
minded thinking is that these creatures are the cause in the decline of game
animals. Something similar to fishermen thinking that DC Cormorants and
Pelicans are eating up their game fish.
The after affect of such baiting is that other small animals also feed on
these carcasses and die. Raptors become second or third level victims by
eating on the original carcass or the smaller secondary victims.
One account that I heard about years ago, had dead animals and raptors
including an eagle laying all over the area. It seems the poison is quick
acting and the animals don't get far from the immediate area. In that case a
local farmer's expensive Black Lab was a secondary victim.
More power to the officials in pursuit of such criminals.............
Let's see $15,000 that is 300 times more than a Trumpeter Swan is worth in
TN.
Good Birding!!!
Jeff R. Wilson
OL' COOT / TLBA
Bartlett Tenn.
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