Post #3920326
2026-07-18 16:18 UTC
@robtherunt@cupoftea.social @staringatclouds@mstdn.social I posted about parakeets destroying (our own) crops earlier today without having seen this petition or knowing about this proposal to shoot them. It was just an unfortunate coincidence.
Anyway, the parakeets here (Plum-headed Parakeets, Psittacula cyanocephala) are a native species, and although I call them assholes once in a while, I don't want to shoot them.
Indeed, «Hunting lobby just like killing stuff». (P.S. They can get fucked.)
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@robtherunt@cupoftea.social 2026-07-18 21:24
@amenonsen@flipping.rocks @staringatclouds@mstdn.social Thanks for replying. I suspect - looking at your bio - that the parakeets you encounter are native to your neighbourhood, so maybe they are just doing what comes naturally to them (taking advantage of available abundance of food). I’m very happy to hear you don’t want to hurt them. The parakeets in UK are not native, but still want to do the same things as they would in their native environment. It’s not their fault they are misplaced, it’s most likely due to human intervention. Simply killing them because of our mistake seems cruel, heartless and straight-up illogical.