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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Helen O" data-source="post: 1337418" data-attributes="member: 65044">What is overlooked,  is that people who have no idea about birds and bird behaviour believe they have witnessed more or less anything they want to. Joe public cannot be expected to know about specific bird behaviour, why should they?One very important aspect of working with the kites, is raising public awareness, (when not actually doing work with the kites). People believe some bizarre stuff.  It is up to people involved in kite reintroductions,  to educate the public and raise public awareness, to pass on our knowledge and answer questions from the public, and if unable to answer, refer the question to someone who can.  As I've said in previous posts, this story is no surprise, I regularly receive telephone calls and emails asking me about the behaviour of kites. The only dog/kite connection I've had, was the elderly couple who I had to visit who had the kite in their living room!  (see previous post somewhere on this thread)The 'problem' is, there are a lot of myths out there, be it about kites or other raptors.  The best solution is to nip these myths in the bud as soon as possible.People tend to equate size with strength.</blockquote>