Big, black vultures are killing some newborn calves on Alabama farms. The problem is getting so big in fact the government has given some farmers permissions to kill them.
“Part of the license requires you to use a shotgun. You have to use steel shots, no lead, and you have to hang the dead bird on a fence. Evidently there’s some social order there they won’t come back to that area,” said commissioner Rick Pate.
Cottingham says he’ll do whatever it takes to protect his investment. Each calf is worth around $1,600. “This is part of it. There’s hundreds of things that affect a newborn calf and this is one of those things we have to keep an eye on.” Loaded, cocked, and ready to aim. Farmers like Ashton Cottingham are ready for battle against their nemesis in the sky.
It should be noted no one in the agriculture industry feels this new tool will simply eradicate the black vulture, and that’s not really the goal. The goal is to mitigate the damage being done across the state.
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