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Message: <blockquote data-quote="timwootton" data-source="post: 1375557" data-attributes="member: 37672">All well and good - but you need to be aware of the stipulations laid down by DEFRA regarding disposal of deceased animals. I'm afraid good ideas are ten-a-penny, but there's a tangled web within which all things have to fit.Anyone remember foot and mouth? Blue tongue? Avian Flu? and a hundred other communicable deseases which haven't hit the headlines.Raven predation on lambs happens.It's probably a fairly local problem, but for that local farm, it can be disastrous.If birdy folk tell that farmer he's being out of order wanting to dispel this problem, we'll soon have one very anti-birdy farmer.A solution to aleviate the probem which also sits well within good conservation practice will have to be found - otherwise that particular farmer will be taking his own action.</blockquote>