Hawks Vs Dove’s

[david small]

Who’d be a turtle dove in Italy? Their government has given permission to shoot 7.5 million of the rare beautiful creatures. Karma, what goes around....

[bednobs]

if there's at least 7.5 million of them they dont seem all that rare

[david small]

They said that about the American Bison. Eventually there were only four hundred left.

[emmie]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/italy-allows-hunters-to-shoot-75m-rare-turtle-doves-e2-80-98this-will-accelerate-decline-until-no-birds-are-left-e2-80-99/ar-BB1g6tQF?ocid=uxbndlbing

[david small]

Thank you emmie.

[emmie]

, seems a terrible thing to do with an already endangered species.

[emmie]

The Italian government has given the green light to hunting of the European turtle dove this autumn, despite the species being listed as “vulnerable” to extinction since 2015.

The decision grants the country’s 500,000 licensed hunters permission to shoot a maximum of 15 doves each, which would amount to 7.5m being killed in total, according to Bird Guides.

[wolf63]

Where do the Hawks come into the current situation?

[david small]

Doh, Hawks. they are the ones with the guns. An analogy from the Americanism of reference to hawks....warlike, aggressive, shooting things.

[wolf63]

I think that they are called eejits or morons in the UK.