Campaign for the protection European birds (POLL)

[DOVEScot]

Just answer yes, no or maybe and a reason why, this will also be run on other sites to get as much interest and feedback as possible :-/

 

http://www.cpeb.co.uk

 

http://forum.pigeonbasics.com/m-1218405797/

[Blue Chequer Pied]

YES

Why - Because we need to do something things cannot be left to go on as they are.

[bewted]

yes,,,pigeon fanciers best friend,,,maybe !!!

[Guest bigda]

yes  its a good thing because if it was not for the pigeons taking the hits there would be no game birds left or black birds

the magpies are starting to move out of my area as the small birds are all but gone so they are heading some where near yous :'( :'( :'( :'( :(

[Guest chrisss]

a simple yes for a change!!!!!, i am not affected by hawks [yet] but if we don't stick together we go down the pan together

[ChrisMaidment08]

my personal reason is to maney times i have had to rear by hand youngsters whose mothers have been taken by hawks we have 5 pairs introduced  into a5 mile radious we also no longersee as maney finches or thrushes as we did and we never see skylarks anymore iused to lie in field listening to them on peacefl sunny day

[ChrisMaidment08]

i withdraw from this thread as im upsetting peaple

[Guest Gareth Rankin]

Yes, Anything that would possibly help stop the decline in members of this great sport should be adopted.

[Merlin]

Something like this is long overdue,with it all apparently stacked in fovour of Raptors

[pjc]

Yes, as pointed out there are many other sports / hobbies also suffering so we as pigeon fanciers don't need to be seen to stand alone!

 

Phil

[jimmy_84]

YES, Because i have seen the destruction cause by the raptors

[Guest]

Theres also this one which i have joined:

 

http://www.save-songbirds.co.uk/

 

I think only way forward is to fight the united front, everyone wants the same outcome so why not? Heads together time, including linking up with the different  online forums!

[BLACK W F]

yes   too many killed injured  lost to hawk strikes

[alex wight]

YES.There is an inbalance in the bird population, which needs to be addressed, NOW!!!

[Fair Play]

Strange the voting does not reflect the hits especially on such an emotive subject

[Roland]

a simple yes for a change!!!!!, i am not affected by hawks [yet] but if we don't stick together we go down the pan together

 

Snap, have two Sparrow hawks nest within a 100 yards ... had two attacks in the last 6 years or so... and none for three. They have a massive food store over the road, and old dialect Picture / theathre house.

Good thing is that they got shot of the crows... hope they start on the magpis soon. Having said that haven't had the discs blowing for a couple of years so that could well be down to me.

[jimmy_84]

Strange the voting does not reflect the hits especially on such an emotive subject

 

this is because everytime we log in to check recent post's that is classed as a hit so this is why vote/hit ratio is different

[DOVEScot]

They voting so far is 27 for, 1 against and 1 maybe

If we say 30 members so far then out of 3000 members then only one percent is interested in the campaign so far, if you take the more accurate number of members(the active ones)

I reckon is about 150 maximum then we are taking about twenty percent

So we have between 80% to 99% of the membership that have no interest in the campaign so far :-/

[ChrisMaidment08]

but 80 90 have a comment

[Guest spin cycle]

They voting so far is 27 for, 1 against and 1 maybe

If we say 30 members so far then out of 3000 members then only one percent is interested in the campaign so far, if you take the more accurate number of members(the active ones)

I reckon is about 150 maximum then we are taking about twenty percent

So we have between 80% to 99% of the membership that have no interest in the campaign so far :-/

 

depressing isn't it...but then the number of members active never really seems to increase despite more members joining

[Guest bristolkev]

yes....songbirds are defenseless against hawks and so is our athletes of the sky so it`s time for a big change....natures balance is`nt moving quick enough so it could be too late for some spieces of birds before nature sorts it out!

[Guest mikkey]

something needs to be done i started with pigeons last autumn, as soon as the cold weather came so did the hawk, i lost 8 birds in 6 months to the hawk then 2 or 3 more this summer, soon the cold will come again with the hawk. the government cant take away every hawk and they wont take away any hawk so were all up sh*t creek and thats a fact

[DOVEScot]

but 80 90 have a comment

 

Yes but they are not interested enough to post it  :-/

[Merlin]

Give it some time yet,its a very good idea,and I feel sure when more understand its our only recourse to doing something positive with the current laws of the land,pretty sure more will excercise their rights to try protect their lofts and pigeons,because sadly its a big and ever increasing problem,affecting lots of us to day,and without something being done to curtail them,its eventually going to get worse,and will in time affect all of us,to ignore this fact now would show scant regard for our pigeons.

[ch pied]

iam all for it , at the same time , i will continue with a little help from mr greener , he has never failed me . if you are getting hassle from anyone , the anti-mating JACKET'S will solve a lot of probs