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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Peewit" data-source="post: 1386459" data-attributes="member: 57492">hi JI am in total agreement as to what you say here about sheep.  The place I stayed at, the owner would leave dead adult sheep caresses around the fields to the point that our rented Farm house stank of 'death'.  It was just horrible.  Even the dead lambs where left in a heap behind the barn. :CI am no expert, as I not a farmer, (but I did get a taste what the whole issue is about though) but I do understand that the farmers are not allowed to bury sheep or any stock in their fields as they used to.  It is now illegal.  It is now they have to get a company who deal with dead caresses to remove them to an abattoir or otherwise. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />I am sure that there are a few lazy people about who are not willing to fork out money, and prefer to take short cuts.  Those short cuts may mean leaving dead stock lying around for weeks on end, and attracting wildlife which you do not want near your livestock at the 'reproducing ' time. :CSo why blame the Ravens for something which is instinctive to them to source out, foodwise, and that is possibly man made.  I much rather see some 'genuine' evidence myself that this is the case. :t:Evidence from someone who clears up the dead caresses for example, and not place the blame for unforeseen problems elsewhere. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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