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Vultures eat woman's body in 50 minutes after fall off cliff [protected species in France]
Reuters ^ | May 7, 2013 | Enrique Calvo

Posted on 05/09/2013 9:16:06 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough

Major Didier Pericou told The Times of Europe, "When we first went out in the helicopter looking for the body, we saw numerous vultures without realizing what they were doing."

Pericou added that the incident has reignited calls from local farmers to allow hunting of the birds. The Times reported that Pyrénéan farmers have been demanding the right to shoot the birds, known as Griffon Vultures, because they've been attacking sheep and cows.

But the species is protected in France and has lost access to its normal diet of carcasses due to European health and safety regulations.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: birds; chat; europe; france; health; hunting; safety
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1 posted on 05/09/2013 9:16:06 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: LurkedLongEnough

A species needs to eat.

Vultures are only interested in dead bodies and pose no risk to live animals.


2 posted on 05/09/2013 9:19:07 AM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

Federal BlackCloud, 3.5” 12gauge, BB shot, 1400fps.....


3 posted on 05/09/2013 9:19:14 AM PDT by varmintman
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To: LurkedLongEnough

How and where to murder your wife.


4 posted on 05/09/2013 9:19:29 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: LurkedLongEnough

But the species is protected in France and has lost access to its normal diet of carcasses due to European health and safety regulations.

LOL

Liberals and their unintended consequences...


5 posted on 05/09/2013 9:19:49 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: Jonty30

These vultures convert farm animals into dead bodies.


6 posted on 05/09/2013 9:19:54 AM PDT by varmintman
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To: Jonty30

Same problem here with progressives. These vultures will eat anything dead or dying.


7 posted on 05/09/2013 9:21:00 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (Better the devil we can destroy than the Judas we must tolerate.)
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To: varmintman

There are some vultures in my area that are taking great interest in my chickens when I put them out in their tractor.


8 posted on 05/09/2013 9:22:12 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

the birds, known as Griffon Vultures,

Well, they weren’t called Griffon because they were
warm and cuddly.

Weren’t Griffons part bird and part lion?


9 posted on 05/09/2013 9:22:13 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

During a tour of a Tanzanian national park we came upon a pack of hyenas and several vultures feasting on what the guide said was a young wildebeest.It’s a scene that’s seared into my memory.


10 posted on 05/09/2013 9:22:54 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: LurkedLongEnough
Ugh, nasty. Imagine having to clean up the remainders.

Horrible thing for the family to have to live with. Lord have mercy.

11 posted on 05/09/2013 9:23:35 AM PDT by Wyrd bið ful aræd (Gone Galt, 11/07/12----No king but Christ! Don't tread on me!)
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To: Louis Foxwell

Man that is a quick clean up. Beats merry maids by a long shot. But the didn’t properly dispose of the shoes and clothing. Trashy dang birds. I read somewhere that the europeans must now burn the bodies of their farm animals to prevent the spread of disease. BBQ?


12 posted on 05/09/2013 9:24:06 AM PDT by rktman (BACKGROUND CHECKS? YOU FIRST mr. president(not that we'd get the truth!))
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To: Jonty30
Vultures are only interested in dead bodies and pose no risk to live animals.

From what I've been reading about these vultures, dead isn't all that important. Apparently they will attack and eat living livestock.
13 posted on 05/09/2013 9:25:10 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“The Circle of Life.....”


14 posted on 05/09/2013 9:27:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Jonty30

Bunk

Here in Texas buzzards will go after a cow that is calving and kill both cow and calf.

Vultures will do the same.


15 posted on 05/09/2013 9:27:14 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350

It is just a late term abortion for cows according to Gosnell and Democrats.


16 posted on 05/09/2013 9:29:10 AM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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17 posted on 05/09/2013 9:29:29 AM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: IMR 4350

Florida here. Dead cow is nothing but bones after 3 days in open pasture. Pasco county.


18 posted on 05/09/2013 9:29:59 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: George from New England

I see vultures in the dumpsters all the time behind restaurants....


19 posted on 05/09/2013 9:34:03 AM PDT by Fawn (In a World of Information, Ignorance is a Choice.)
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To: LurkedLongEnough

That is impressive. Usually, you don’t expect the French to work that quickly...


20 posted on 05/09/2013 9:34:35 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international, gone independent. Gone.)
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