The racing pigeon owners in Bristol moan about he Peregrines snacking on their birds in the Avon gorge .They ought to fly faster then !!
Pigeon owners all over the country want all raptors culled, because the large numbers of them are decimating the owners aviaries. These are people who breed pigeons in order to take advantage of the bird’s homing instinct and force them to fly hundreds of miles, often over open sea, like the English Channel, in all winds and weathers, for the purpose of winning status and money.
They’ll accept the loss of dozens of birds in a storm as being one of those things, but losing birds to natural predators is unacceptable, and those predators should be poisoned or shot!
Personally, I think pigeon racing should be banned, and owners who attempt to race birds prosecuted for animal cruelty.
Circuses are no longer allowed to use animals in performances, for this reason.