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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neil-T" data-source="post: 1455482" data-attributes="member: 68739">Originally posted by Pete mella,   I do understand that it must be very frustrating if a business is going down the pan due to predationSlightly off topic, but this has been going on for years with the inland cormorant population and the people trying to make a living out of trout and commercial course fisheries.  I have seen a cormorant swallow a trout one and a half pounds in weight, if you have a population of hundreds of cormorants like on some of the larger stillwaters and resevoirs, it doesn't take long for them to eat into your profits when stocked trout cost anything upward of £1.50 per pound.  Just my opinion on the problem the thread starter is having. It's hard to put into words how you feel about losing something, and sometimes you type your frustration before thinking about it, which I think this is the case.  A lot of people on here no doubt feed birds in their garden, I have lost count how many times I have said to myself, " i'll kill that bloody cat if I see it take another bird", Obviously, I would never dream of hurting a cat in any way, but you get what i'm on about. Hope your problem has a satisfactory outcome. Neil.</blockquote>