tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post1317204068863711534..comments2023-05-13T08:16:30.611-07:00Comments on Writing For Joy: Paradise Lost... Killer BirdsGladys Hobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01947126912910545535noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-37181250556840990732010-06-20T03:40:42.244-07:002010-06-20T03:40:42.244-07:00Geoff, I rather think the farmer would soon be out...Geoff, I rather think the farmer would soon be out of pocket if most of his lambs were killed off by crows. They are not wild animals that need to be culled. <br />I wonder if you would be happy with crows if one came down and pecked the eyes out of your cat? Some unkind neighbour might say, 'Good, one less to foul my garden.' Another, 'One less to torture and kill the birds.' <br />A cat lover would have nightmares over such an incident.<br />For me, a lamb is symbolic of a number of things. One of them being the helpless innocent children of this world.<br />But another thing is the horror of the action. Man has tortured man by putting out his eyes. Enemies have poked the eyes out of young boys in tribal disputes. (And chopped off limbs — forcing children to do the same etc etc) Would you say that is only 'nature' and man has got it right — keeping numbers down?<br />Take that attitude and it will always be the weakest to suffer and have no rights. Perhaps that is the way it has to be with wild animals but devoid man of his essential 'humanity' and you throw aside his moral responsibility to all forms of life, including his own.<br />No, I don't go around worrying about lambs and crows. But it comes as a shock when I see the dying of a lamb and the pathos of a mother bereft. Plus another lamb that is in for the same treatment if it is not humanely dispatched.Gladys Hobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947126912910545535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-31347897463135127212010-06-20T00:40:54.103-07:002010-06-20T00:40:54.103-07:00I'm all for nature.
It's us humans that a...I'm all for nature.<br /><br />It's us humans that are out of touch. If animals didn't die due to predators and disease then we would quickly be overrun by them.<br /><br />Look what's happening with humans. We're rapidly approaching carnage levels here as recent events have shown. I doubt that humans are designed to cope with the amount of stress they are subjected to. One of these is worrying about lambs being attacked by crows.<br /><br />The farmer has got it right. Let's hope there are some raptors around to kill off a few crows.Geoff Dellowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14628988582440925000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6348852990067164417.post-38930487988226335772010-06-04T11:39:39.782-07:002010-06-04T11:39:39.782-07:00Beautiful photographs, Gladys, and a touching narr...Beautiful photographs, Gladys, and a touching narrative. <br /><br />Ironic that Birds are involved in two horrific ways.Geoff_Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09374342118309170252noreply@blogger.com