just read this on facebook interesting read ‎Jimmy Hamilton‎ to Leinster Premier Championship Club . 14 April at 11:28 I seen this letter this morning and it seems that not only here in Ireland and the UK but also in Holland and Belgium also the Peregrines are totally destroying our great sport . I wonder what would happen if the people who own the buildings that these artificial nest sites are being created for these peregrines so as to encourage them into areas that is after all not the peregrines natural habitat ,were made responsible for the damage that they are doing . Lets just say that I introduced a wolf into my garden what would happen if that wolf started to kill the farmers sheep ????? We all know that the farmer would shoot the wolf but would he also have the right to sue me for the damage done to his property ie his sheep . Now would it not be a good idea for the IHU and the RPRA were to employ a solicitor to see it it would be possible to make the owners of these property's responsible. Dont forget that they give permission to allow the erection of these artificial nest sites so they are agreeing and helping to get not only our racing pigeons torn apart but also our already declining number of small birds and wild fowl etc,. Surley this is worth looking into as after all the peregrine evolved to live on the high coastal cliffs and mountain cliffs and not in the middle of our towns and city's . K. de Groot The Hague, 8 April 2019 Subject: Shockingly increased number of birds of prey in The Hague and surrounding neighborhoods and cities, making hobby doomed. Dear Mrs. Koulen, Underdone K. de Groot, born in The Hague, addresses this letter to you for the following reason: Since I was 8 e year to know The Hague tilduivensport a fantastic hobby. You will probably think: "That is great fun for this man" but nothing could be further from the truth.I am now 69 years old and would like my fellow hobbyists having fun with this hobby should be able to still enjoy? For a number of years, however , our hobby that has been included in your National Inventory since 2015 has been thoroughly ruined by the unbridled increase in birds of prey (the peregrine falcon) caused with the help of Dutch municipalities. Yes, government agencies that approve the installation of nesting boxes for the peregrine falcons throughout The Hague and its suburbs. A party of councilors is organized even if there is again placed anywhere a nest box with a webcam so that citizens can see (including me) how the prey apart being pulled.You have no idea what the gripped pigeon has for a horrible death.The bird of prey first picks the feathers out and then pulls the meat from the pigeon (which is still alive at that time).As a pigeon fancier from The Hague, I feel the pain that such a pigeon experiences.Our Tilduivensport sport has ended up on your National Inventory List for a reason.A very nice hobby that if it continues with the increase in birds of prey , will probably disappear within 5 years. Passing on this hobby to the younger generation is therefore doomed to fail as they also hear the stories of the birds of prey and would mind if their favorite pigeon were caught.There are already several people in my circle of acquaintances who have stopped because of the birds of prey because they could no longer see how various pigeons were taken from them and devoured.Tilt pigeons that they had bred with great pleasure and had raised with love.Our hobby is so much fun because you deal with live animals with which you get a kind of bond. They become so you can pet them and you get attached to the animals.For young people a lot more fun than just staring at those cell phones.Since the Netherlands has ratified the UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention in 2009 and 2012 MFI government, as the g emeenteraad Hague and councils in other municipalities do remove the nest boxes on buildings and churches issued their license immediately. Also nesting boxes for birds of prey that have been placed without a permit from the municipality must also be removed by order of the municipal government.The motivation of the Bird Protection to protect the peregrine falcon from extinction has missed its goal.By placing the nest boxes the population has grown enormously, so that the natural balance is completely disrupted by human interference.The forest and meadow birds are also the victims. Their number has deteriorated dramatically. The Dutch pigeon fancier see the growth of peregrine falcons with sorrow and will therefore be relieved if existing nest boxes are removed and the placing of new nesting boxes forbidden word t .Maybe the tide can still be turned now, but then action will have to be taken.Through this letter I hope therefore that you mention want to make the UNESCO Commission and any action would take to alert the local authorities through the VNG on their responsibility to protect the Intangible Heritage. Yours sincerely, K the Great
