Death Ravens

We stumbled upon this article from the online UK Daily Mail about flocks of Ravens attacking livestock in Scotland and Whales. Obviously grown tired of rabbit, these birds have now developed a taste for veal and mutton pecking the live animals to death while feasting on their eyes, tongues and under bellies. Since there is a law that protects Ravens, the farmers can’t shoot or harm them. Last year, the Scientific American published research that Ravens are one of the more intelligent species and distinct from most other birds, capable of learning from their own actions and from observing others' behavior. They believe the bird can count and some have even learned to shape leaves into tools for extracting grubs from crevices in trees. But I doubt if the farmers whose livestock is being pecked to death are taking any solace in the fact that it is at least an intellectual bird that is mutilating their animals.

Our favorite line from the article:

"Some reports of raven attacks may be exaggerated, but they do kill things.”

Kind of puts a whole different spin on the edible raven.

If you would like to read the entire article, here is the link:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-563931/Attack-killer-ravens-Flocks-suddenly-slaughtering-lambs--going-on.html