As I do most days I've just read the news portion of our forum and just had to comment on the first one about the predator/prey Bland County.

I guess what set me off was the automatic assumption that the hawk somehow deserved saving from the snake. This entailed and I quote "stomping" the snake. One has to assume this lead to the snake's death or severe injury. The article mentions that the hawk most likely went after the snake as prey and in turn became prey itself.

I understand this man's concern for wild creatures but this wasn't a creature caught in a trap or otherwise unnaturally at risk. This was nature at it's most basic....predator vs prey....one life given so another life goes on. Why would anyone interfere? Why would somone decide a hawk is somehow worth more than a snake? I'm sure this man received congratulations for his "heroic" act....I wonder if anyone gave a thought to the snake.

Whether or not I like snakes or hawks or deer or wolves or any other creature of the wild, for me personally, it's awfully high handed and presumptious to interfere in the balance of nature in this manner. I'm sorry this gentleman felt it his right to do so.

Sad really.....


~~Jo~~