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Ukjoncollins

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My Grandad is a farmer and has told me horrific stories of this before. They swoop down and peck the eyes out of young lambs. Apparently it kills them fairly quickly due to the shock but sounds a pretty horrific way to die... Although I don't think he's a fan of doing this, he goes out and shoot the crows to at least warn them away. Not sure you'll be able to do this in ED though.


Best to probably to not let the cat out I guess...

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Ukjoncollins Wrote:

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> My Grandad is a farmer and has told me horrific

> stories of this before. They swoop down and peck

> the eyes out of young lambs. Apparently it kills

> them fairly quickly due to the shock but sounds a

> pretty horrific way to die... Although I don't

> think he's a fan of doing this, he goes out and

> shoot the crows to at least warn them away. Not

> sure you'll be able to do this in ED though.

>

> Best to probably to not let the cat out I guess...



sorry to say, this is a myth.


Crows are scavengers - the feed off any old crap lying around and probabaly do peck at the eyes of dead lambs or dead anything

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woodrot Wrote:

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> Ukjoncollins Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > My Grandad is a farmer and has told me horrific

> > stories of this before. They swoop down and

> peck

> > the eyes out of young lambs. Apparently it

> kills

> > them fairly quickly due to the shock but sounds

> a

> > pretty horrific way to die... Although I don't

> > think he's a fan of doing this, he goes out and

> > shoot the crows to at least warn them away. Not

> > sure you'll be able to do this in ED though.

> >

> > Best to probably to not let the cat out I

> guess...

>

>

> sorry to say, this is a myth.

>

> Crows are scavengers - the feed off any old crap

> lying around and probabaly do peck at the eyes of

> dead lambs or dead anything

>

>enough of the poor cat platitudes please. Its vomit inducing.

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The Minkey

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Are you near any tall trees? I've been watching a pair of crows building their nest at the top of a tree to the back of my house and they make a hell of a racket when one or other of my cats starts climbing their tree. If they are nesting, it might be an idea to keep your cat in for a bit until the young ones have fledged as it may well all calm down then.
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The crows may have had unfortunate experiences with cats before. They are very bright birds and have long memories - see http://news.discovery.com/animals/angry-crows-memory-life-threatening-behavior-110628.html for example


but frankly, I am finding it very difficult to feel sorry for your cat.

Its species is responsible for the wanton killing of backyard wildlfe - see reports on other threads of cats attacking bats and killing fledglings - so those crows are being very sensible. Probably best to keep it indoors while birds are nesting.

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Both pets and humans are far beyond the size of crow prey. Aggression is almost always the result of adult crows protecting nearby young and it limited to a very small area. It is a temporary situation that is best resolved by trying to avoid the area they are protecting. While it can be intimidating, crows really do not present a threat to humans, dogs or cats.


http://audubonportland.org/backyardwildlife/brochures/crows

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Ravens are not carrion crows... and the Scottish Gamekeepers Association is hardly a disinterested party - they routinely defend members who illegally destroy any and every bird of prey or predatory mammal they can in order to please their wealthy hedge-fund clients who don't give a monkey's about wildlife or ickle lambs.


As others have pointed out, at breeding time, crows are especially defensive. There's no reason to think they're "preying" on cats - why should they take the risk? There's plenty of food to be had for nothing all around the city.


Personally I love crows - elegant and very intelligent.

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