Another animal-related entry. We, Belgium and the Netherlands have a situation on our hands, that has scientist baffled. Two days ago, there suddenly were 80+ sightings of vultures, where all the sightings to date accumulated only numbered 50 in total. These vultures normally live in the Pyrenees on the Franco-Spanish border, but for some reason they have moved northward.
There are two theories about this. The first one has to do with mad cow disease. The EU have forbidden farmers to leave animal carcasses lying around on their land. If they wish to dump these carcasses on official dumpsites they have to pay, so they rather have the carcasses incinerated. This leaves vultures without food.
The second theory is that this is just a bunch of young vultures looking for some adventure outside their normal living habitat, and that they will fly back to where they came from any day now.
Hoping to strengthen the vultures for their journey home, Belgian authorities have dumped pig carcasses on a field outside Brussels, but the vultures never touched down to eat from it, and the carcasses have been removed. Belgian animal rights activists have responded in anger, because now they believe that people all over Belgium will try to attract vultures for photos or whatever by leaving meat in their own backyards.
Some Belgian media even went so far as to say that these vultures can potentially fly off with small children and cats, leaving the authorities desperately trying to tell the public that vultures can tell the difference between dead meat and live children and pets.
Belgian animal rights activists have responded in anger, because now they believe that people all over Belgium will try to attract vultures for photos or whatever by leaving meat in their own backyards
I am not sure why animal rights activist would be mad about that, I really do think it would casue any harm, though that is a new one on me, people feeding vultures. I have always liked the bald headded feathered birds.
Haha, oh that is a new one, I mean really, don't people know by now that they are carrion eaters. It is always somewhat uplifting to hear of stupidity from acorss the world. Sometimes I just feel like America is doomed to morondom
A very interesting tale. The vultures from the Pyrenees are such facinating birds. I watched a documentry about them a while back. I can't believe that in 2007 some humanbeings can be such drongos and think vultures who only like rotting meat would be interested in live children running around healthy. Stone the crows it beggars the senses.
On a different subject we have a Dutch hero here in Melbourne.
He had been over here for nine months touring Aus' and surfing.
He is in hospital after going, with another bloke to help a women. The assailant shot all three, the woman and your fellow Dutchman lived to see another day. Thank God but the other bloke did not, he will be buried tomorrow. The assailant is now in hospital after giving himself up. Apparently he tried to inflict some damage on his person and had to be operated on. Dutchies brothers and parents arrived last night and are going to speak to the media today. The government flew them all out here. The least we could do for a good sumaritan from another land.
I guess you will have seen it on your news and may know more than me...I dare say. Take good care. Love and (((HUGS))) From Dawnie. :-)
A very interesting tale. The vultures from the Pyrenees are such facinating birds. I watched a documentry about them a while back. I can't believe that in 2007 some humanbeings can be such drongos and think vultures who only like rotting meat would be interested in live children running around healthy. Stone the crows it beggars the senses.
On a different subject we have a Dutch hero here in Melbourne.
He had been over here for nine months touring Aus' and surfing.
He is in hospital after going, with another bloke to help a women. The assailant shot all three, the woman and your fellow Dutchman lived to see another day. Thank God but the other bloke did not, he will be buried tomorrow. The assailant is now in hospital after giving himself up. Apparently he tried to inflict some damage on his person and had to be operated on. Dutchies brothers and parents arrived last night and are going to speak to the media today. The government flew them all out here. The least we could do for a good sumaritan from another land.
I guess you will have seen it on your news and may know more than me...I dare say. Take good care. Love and (((HUGS))) From Dawnie. :-)
It's been all over the news up here as well, but no one ever said anything about any heroics... I'm glad there are still heroes though, whether they be Dutch, Australian, Bhutanese... There's been a small spree of of violence against Dutch tourists lately, with a fatality at a Finnish mall.
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Belgian animal rights activists have responded in anger, because now they believe that people all over Belgium will try to attract vultures for photos or whatever by leaving meat in their own backyards
We're dealing with the Bimbo type here.
Um, about how small are the children....no no, I'm just kidding. I really appreciate hearing what's going on in your part of the world. 
A very interesting tale. The vultures from the Pyrenees are such facinating birds. I watched a documentry about them a while back. I can't believe that in 2007 some humanbeings can be such drongos and think vultures who only like rotting meat would be interested in live children running around healthy. Stone the crows it beggars the senses. 
