Three red kites found dead in Lusk - Bravo Farmers, Bravo!

[cozzy121]

Looks like pig-ignorance isn't the sole preserve of Kerry Farmers.

Three red kites found dead in Lusk - The Irish Times - Fri, Nov 18, 2011

Three red kites which were found dead near Lusk, North County Dublin are thought to have been poisoned, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan has said.
Expressing his disgust on hearing the birds which had recently been released in the area had probably been poisoned, the Minister said he was appalled to hear of this kind of behaviour.

[niall78]

He's 'appalled'. Why don't they start jailing farmers for laying poison?

[eskrimador]

He's 'appalled'. Why don't they start jailing farmers for laying poison?

Totally agree. Jail the gits

[slippy wicket]

I would hold your fire until we know the poisoning agent used.
If farmers did it, whoever did so should be loudly condemned, just as if it is from any other factor.

[ItsEvolution]

Farmers only like animals that make them money, they don't even see them as animals but a product, will anything be done about this? i dont think so

[Gimpanzee]

I can't fathom why someone would poison kites. I just don't get it? I wouldn't be sure of the farmer angle either. It's not like there are lambs around now, and there wouldn't be too many lambs in Lusk ever, I suspect, and a kite is hardly a threat to a lamb anyway? Seems to be all tillage around there, and I can't see cabbage growers having an issue with birds of prey. They probably would be beneficial in keeping numbers of animals that reduce yields down. Makes no sense to me.

[CitizenKeane]

Farmers only like animals that make them money, they don't even see them as animals but a product, will anything be done about this? i dont think so

Yeah, that's a well-balanced post. It doesn't matter anyway, cos it was in Dublin and there are no farms in Dublin, and nobody from Dublin has even seen a cow or a sheep or a pig apart from a petting zoo.....

[sauntersplash]

I guess you just don't understand the challanges rural Ireland is facing. Between drink driving laws being enforced and regional hospital flower budgets being slashed, killing rare birds is the only thing keeping communities together.

[Riadach]

I can't fathom why someone would poison kites. I just don't get it? I wouldn't be sure of the farmer angle either. It's not like there are lambs around now, and there wouldn't be too many lambs in Lusk ever, I suspect, and a kite is hardly a threat to a lamb anyway?

Probably not, but I don't think the suggestion is that they were purposely targetting kites. I imagine it was meant for foxes or rats. Doesn't justify it, however.

[Riadach]

Yeah, that's a well-balanced post. It doesn't matter anyway, cos it was in Dublin and there are no farms in Dublin, and nobody from Dublin has even seen a cow or a sheep or a pig apart from a petting zoo.....

This is a joke right?