Article: Owls are being decapitated

Owls released in Alexandra to fight a rat infestation are being decapitated because people are afraid of them, Owl Rescue said on Monday.

"We receive ongoing complaints like that from a lot of the informal areas, but in Alexandra the owls are being supplied for that," said Owl Rescue director Brendan Murray.
 
Let the rats overrun the place then.

Can't save people from their own superstitious ignorance.
 
Apparently owls are equated with witchcraft, so people are decapitating them or removing their eyes. Sigh... yup, we're still in darkest Africa
 
I live in Durban and even I know what a ****hole Alexandra is. That says something.
 
Screw them... let them live in disease and poverty. They are no better than the rats themselves.
 
Taking the lead from another article in which it is suggested that education will limit the belief in the supernatural I can only surmise that the education level of the community is very low for killing the owls.
I wonder if they were told about the purpose of the owls. On the other hand, maybe they like to live in misery.
 
It's not called darkest africa for nothing, this continent will never catch up.
 
You would think that they would consult the community beforehand as its quite well known that owls have a lot of superstition around them. Its still not right of the community though.
 
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