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Bid to save pigeons from sparrowhawks provokes legal warning | Quote: | Bid to save pigeons from sparrowhawks provokes legal warning
By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor
A CONTROVERSIAL experiment to save racing pigeons across Scotland from being torn to pieces by sparrowhawks will go ahead despite objections from the government's conservation advisers.
From now until the end of March, hawks from around pigeon lofts near Glasgow, Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Stirling and Dumfries will be forcibly relocated.
The trial is costing taxpayers £25,000 and is backed by the Scottish Homing Union, which represents Scotland's 3500 pigeon fanciers.
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However, the government's conservation advisers have warned that it could be illegal and ineffective. |
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annepan001
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Having just had our kale and broccoli crops decimated by 100s of wild pigeons during the deep snow, feel free to locate sparrowhawks to our veggie fields!!
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Sassinak
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mm I know which of the two I would like to have here given a choice lol
We have a resident pair of buzzards and it still gives me a thrill to see them perched on my fence posts, despite the (I think slight !!) risk of them taking chickens 
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Smooth Hound
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seems pretty crazy to me, pigeons can be a right pain, but as someone said bring the sparrow hawks this way,  next thing of course is theyll be moaning about too many seagulls, oh well its there funeral, 
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