The Importance Of Scavengers

[spike.t]

Article showing the importance of various scavengers to people and the ecosystems

BBC News - Why we should value scavengers

Why we should value scavengers

Vultures and hyenas play a vital role in preserving ecosystems and preventing diseases such as rabies. Should we value them more?

www.bbc.com

 

[AZDAVE]

Interesting read, thank you for sharing.

 

[Ragman]

In western Canada we tend to curse coyotes and ravens for the trouble they can cause. But they certainly do have their place. Any time we butcher a deer, moose or beef all of the scraps get dumped in my pasture. Within a day or three everything is cleaned up. Even the hides. Especially after it snows.

 

[BRICKBURN]

In western Canada we tend to curse coyotes and ravens for the trouble they can cause. But they certainly do have their place. Any time we butcher a deer, moose or beef all of the scraps get dumped in my pasture. Within a day or three everything is cleaned up. Even the hides. Especially after it snows.

Before CWD I recycled everything in a farm field or the bush.

 

[Randy F]

In western Canada we tend to curse coyotes and ravens for the trouble they can cause. But they certainly do have their place. Any time we butcher a deer, moose or beef all of the scraps get dumped in my pasture. Within a day or three everything is cleaned up. Even the hides. Especially after it snows.

They also make pretty good bait piles to thin the coyote population when there gets to be a ton of them around.

 

[375Fox]

I’m glad this article addressed elephant poaching and poison. I’ve been really sad not to see any vultures on my last few safaris.

 

[steve white]

So...I am to re-evaluate my opinion of politicians and the funeral industry, then?

 

[404Jeffry]

I think we could cull them for the meat
And donate the meat to the people in the bush

 

[404Jeffry]

A lot of starving people circle of life
One scavenger feeding the other scavenger hunter