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Old Sep 6th 2011 | 12:13 pm
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Police to shoot magpie
 
Old Sep 6th 2011 | 12:17 pm
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Originally Posted by Grayling
Heard that on the news earlier. Still trying to work out how they will know exactly which Magpie it was. Bloody silly, everyone knows that they swoop when protecting their young, you just take precautions not wipe 'mummy' out.
 
Old Sep 6th 2011 | 12:22 pm
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Heard that on the news earlier. Still trying to work out how they will know exactly which Magpie it was. Bloody silly, everyone knows that they swoop when protecting their young, you just take precautions not wipe 'mummy' out.
are they going to try and shoot every magpie that swoops at this time of year?

Bloody stupid overreaction IMO
 
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Maybe they are easier to hit than a Gold Coast armed robber.

They don't shoot back either
 
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Its ridiculous, the magpie's are only protecting their nests .There is , I believe , only a relatively short period of time that people need to be careful,as they become aggressive then..
people can have very aggressive dogs, that pose far more of a threat, and the police are often unwilling/unable to act. I think its pathetic
 
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Maybe they are easier to hit than a Gold Coast armed robber.

They don't shoot back either
Perhaps it is the magpies who are committing all the crime on the GC

Maybe they even carry guns down there
 
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Perhaps it is the magpies who are committing all the crime on the GC

Maybe they even carry guns down there
They probably even came over illegally
 
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Magpies are scum - kill 'em all.

At least in the UK they are considered vermin and you can legally kill them. I know I did.
 
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Originally Posted by Grayling
Perhaps it is the magpies who are committing all the crime on the GC

Maybe they even carry guns down there
I like Magpies. Even gun wielding ones.
 
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Originally Posted by Amazulu
Magpies are scum - kill 'em all.

At least in the UK they are considered vermin and you can legally kill them. I know I did.
Well.....they are partially black....and you are South African

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I'm fast coming to the opinion that we, the human race, should preemptively cull everything. That way nothing has the potential to injure us or our children.
 
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Hopefully they will just injure the Magpies so the Eagles can win at the MCG
 
Old Sep 6th 2011 | 12:53 pm
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Originally Posted by Grayling
Well.....they are partially black....and you are South African
Come on G, even you can do better than that! A clutching at straws statement if ever there was one.

I used to look upon Magpies as just another bird. One year, we had a nest of Starlings in the eaves of our house in Surrey. Starlings are great birds, and it was a pleasure to have them around, but are on the verge of becoming an endangered species, and Magpies are one of the reasons. I came home one day, and all the Starling chicks were dead on the ground with their eyes and brains pecked out, courtesy of a local Magpie. I started to do some research and discovered that when Magpies start to dominate an area, all the other birds start to die out. In areas where Magpies are culled (like I said they are considered vermin under UK law), all the other birds return and flourish. So I started offing the little black and white ******s with an air rifle. Did my bit for the area and it felt pretty good too.

Lock and load.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/ear...songbirds.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wil...mpaigners.html

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Flame throw the cu(7$.
 
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And nuke those Indian mina birds.
 


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