Black Vultures

[Bright Raven]

Lexington, KY (October 23, 2019) – The Kentucky Cattlemen's Association (KCA) is asking members of the Kentucky Senate and House to sign onto a letter supporting new rules that will allow greater flexibility in depredation permitting for Black Vultures under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).

The letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) comes from Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) and Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) and is supported by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and several State Cattlemen's Associations, including Kentucky.

"One of the birds protected under the MBTA is the Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), which is a damaging predator to Kentucky cattle farmers during calving. Our producers are spending countless hours watching and countering black vulture attacks, which can lower productivity on the farm," said KCA President Tim White. "Farmers need to be able to protect their livestock and ultimately their business."

Black Vultures have increased their population into the millions and have spread over the last 40 years. The letter to USFWS Deputy Director Margaret Everson stresses the need to simplify and streamline the permitting process stating that federal processes currently in place are often inadequate in addressing the problem to prevent loss or deter further predation.

From Kentucky Cattlemen's Association (KCA).

 

[Caustic Burno]

Permitting is already streamlined here
the SSS system works well.

 

[Bigfoot]

F and W don't want to talk about black buzzards, or the diseases they brought to Ky. Bring it up around them, and see what happens.

 

[farmerjan]

S S S and be done with it.

 

[bball]

Lexington, KY (October 23, 2019) – The Kentucky Cattlemen's Association (KCA) is asking members of the Kentucky Senate and House to sign onto a letter supporting new rules that will allow greater flexibility in depredation permitting for Black Vultures under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA).

The letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) comes from Sen. John Boozman (R-AR) and Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA) and is supported by the National Cattlemen's Beef Association and several State Cattlemen's Associations, including Kentucky.

"One of the birds protected under the MBTA is the Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus), which is a damaging predator to Kentucky cattle farmers during calving. Our producers are spending countless hours watching and countering black vulture attacks, which can lower productivity on the farm," said KCA President Tim White. "Farmers need to be able to protect their livestock and ultimately their business."

Black Vultures have increased their population into the millions and have spread over the last 40 years. The letter to USFWS Deputy Director Margaret Everson stresses the need to simplify and streamline the permitting process stating that federal processes currently in place are often inadequate in addressing the problem to prevent loss or deter further predation.

From Kentucky Cattlemen's Association (KCA).

There are vultures that are killing the cattle business in America, but the birds aren't near as damaging as the ones walking about on 2 legs and shaking hands...

 

[TN Cattle Man]

I don't believe that there is a Wildlife Officer around who would enforce that law... least not in my part of the country! Even had an officer once tell me that is was "OK" to shoot to scare them off, and if they were dumb enough to fly into the shot, then they deserve to die! Farmers around here will actually hang the dead carcasses on fence posts... they believe it scares off the live birds.

 

[sim.-ang.king]

I found one that had died of a 1" hole in it's chest last week. So they've now made at least as far north as Marion county.

 

[polledbull]

they are getting bad here in NC , in fact at Jordan lake fisherman had there trucks damaged , while the boats are out on the lake the buzzards flocked to the unattended trucks and ate the rubber molding on the trucks around the windows and windshield , some of them had over a $1000 damage . Warden said they are strongly attracted to the rubber smell and taste of the molding and window gaskets, a .17 WHR works wonders on them they say .

 

[ccr]

they are getting bad here in NC , in fact at Jordan lake fisherman had there trucks damaged , while the boats are out on the lake the buzzards flocked to the unattended trucks and ate the rubber molding on the trucks around the windows and windshield , some of them had over a $1000 damage . Warden said they are strongly attracted to the rubber smell and taste of the molding and window gaskets, a .17 WHR works wonders on them they say .

neighbor told me they pulled the windshield wipers off some cars parked close to the cell tower where they roost.