Article: Owls are being decapitated

[Solarion]

It's not called darkest africa for nothing, this continent will never catch up.

Really feel like I'm in the wrong country when I read articles like this. It's like there are two time zones here, one half is stuck in the 100 000 year ago monkey phase, and the other actually moved on.

 

[AfricanTech]

and so ignorance and superstition keep people living in squalor


sigh....

 

[TofuMofu]

Jesus fscking christ...wtf is up with the stupidity in this world?

 

[STS]

why is the issue with "that place" rather than the individuals that do this? a lot of educated school kids live there, and are subject to what their family and neighbours do

 

[flarkit]

Jesus fscking christ...wtf is up with the stupidity in this world?

It's quite simple, too many people are too lazy to think for themselves, ie stupid.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

If bats can spread it, then rats can spread it.

They even killed the patient in Spain's dog.

Bats don't spread it. It's people that eat bats that can get it from them. So if they don't eat the rats...

 

[HDS]

Bats don't spread it. It's people that eat bats that can get it from them. So if they don't eat the rats...

I think that's asking too much...

 

[Sinbad]

I think that's asking too much...

If the people ate the rats, there wouldn't be a rat problem?

 

[Jola]

Bats don't spread it. It's people that eat bats that can get it from them. So if they don't eat the rats...

So why did they kill the dog ?

You are wrong.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Go into Alex, catch the owls again and release them into areas where they would be appreciated and can still do good.

I would love to have a few owls in my area tbh....

 

[GoneWithTheWindows]

Screw 'em!

Let the rats run rampant!

 

[Sinbad]

So why did they kill the dog ?

You are wrong.

Bats are the reservoir, it is believed. The virus lives in them, without affecting them. Carriers, if you will.
The dog, if it got infected, would have probably become symptomatic, and been a major health risk.

 

[Maverick Jester]

why is the issue with "that place" rather than the individuals that do this? a lot of educated school kids live there, and are subject to what their family and neighbours do

There was only one comment that referenced Alexandra as a **** hole. The rest referred to the large number of uneducated and backwards people that make up the place.

 

[SlowInternet]

Just remove the owls and let the rats take over.

 

[Beachless]

Go into Alex, catch the owls again and release them into areas where they would be appreciated and can still do good.

I would love to have a few owls in my area tbh....

Just put up some nice nesting areas and they will come themselves.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

I think that's asking too much...

Well they eat rats in Nigeria, dunno about here.

So why did they kill the dog ?

You are wrong.

Funny that you didn't show I'm wrong then.

They probably killed it as a precaution.

 

[OrbitalDawn]

Go into Alex, catch the owls again and release them into areas where they would be appreciated and can still do good.

I would love to have a few owls in my area tbh....

Owls are awesome creatures. Spent some time at a Bird of Prey rehabilitation centre recently.

 

[KoKaRoT]

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.

Dont be so naive. because going and installing a owl box in a school is normal, obviously no one was told.

 

[Hemps]

Along the wild coast the locals killed all the vervet monkeys in the area we visit, their reason being "the monkeys come and steal milk from the cows"

Monkeys are all but gone yet milk still gets stolen, enough said.

 

[KoKaRoT]

Go into Alex, catch the owls again and release them into areas where they would be appreciated and can still do good.

I would love to have a few owls in my area tbh....

Second that, I have heard afew owls in the bryanston area.