[va-richmond-general] Re: Destruction of Vultures in Virginia
- From: " Mary Davis" <madanthony3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 10:51:37 -0700
I am remembering an article from several years ago in the Richmond Times
Dispatch about turkey vultures congregating in a southwest VA town. They were
considered a nuisance to the residents, but the residents were restricted from
doing anything to get rid of the vultures b/c of some archaic state law
against killing or trapping certain bird species, vultures being included in
that. Don't remember the premise for the law, but I do remember the article
stating that it was an old one that didn't seem to apply anymore. Does anyone
else remember the article? Does anyone know anything about that law? Must
have been amended in Gen. Assembly if a state dept. is now going after
vultures in parks.
Mary Davis
On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 13:00:38 -0400 Larry R Lynch <birder6@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ann ... and all,
>
> Ann, thank you for the update on the return of
> the vultures. It makes
> one wonder how many thousands of vultures will
> have to be destroyed
> before everyone will realize that the vulures
> will keep coming back? I
> believe that it would be cheaper and more
> effective to buy some tarps to
> cover the cars & trucks with at the boat ramp.
> If I wanted to park down
> there, I would bring my own.
>
> The vultures clean up carion from our highways,
> riverfronts, and parks.
> Does it make sense to destroy unpaid labor? I
> thought that budgets were
> tight and that the President and Governor were
> looking for more cuts...
> not adding more clean up crews.
>
> I also have to wonder why Turkey Vultures are
> included in the plan. Is
> it because some do not know the difference
> between the species?
> I am not aware of any Turkey Vultures being
> involved in any of the "death
> penalty crimes" that have been mentioned.
>
> It is too bad that mankind's destruction of
> wetlands, woodlands, and
> other natural habitats does not get as much of
> a response as a vulture's
> destruction of a windshield wiper.
>
> Larry
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