This is a video of the song Bird dog, by the Everly Brothers.
From the BBC:
Dog walks ‘prompting bird flight‘
Our four-legged friends are viewed differently by birds
Taking your dog for a walk could be having an impact on local birdlife, a study suggests.
An Australian team found dog-walking was prompting birds to take flight, causing numbers to plummet by 41%.
The researchers, writing in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, said the birds were fleeing because they viewed the dogs as potential predators.
Charity Birdlife International said the longer-term effects of the dogs’ presence now needed to be looked at.
Peter Banks, the lead author of the paper from the University of New South Wales, said: “There is an obvious link between people wanting to walk their dogs and the potential disturbance effect on wildlife, and there has been a lot of debate around this, so we wanted to resolve this issue.”
Surprising magnitude
The researchers looked at 90 woodland trails a few kilometres north of Sydney, half regularly used by dog-walkers and half where the animals were prohibited.
Dogs were walked, on leads, along the 250m-long (820ft) trails, followed 20 seconds later by an observer who counted the birds seen and heard. The experiment was repeated for walkers without dogs and for a control scenario where there were neither walkers nor dogs.
Dr Banks said: “The key finding is that dog-walking certainly does have an impact on birds – and we were quite surprised by the magnitude of the impact.”
The team found that dog-walking was causing bird numbers to drop by an average of 41% at each site and the numbers of species counted fell by 35%.
The results were similar in sites often frequented by dog-walkers and those where the practice was prohibited, suggesting that birds did not get used to the dogs’ presence, despite frequent encounters.
‘Clear aversion’
Humans walking alone also caused a disturbance to bird numbers, but on average less than half of that caused by dog-walking.
See also here.
Dog walker prosecuted for bird disturbance on a nature reserve: here.
Cornwall nature reserve blighted by dog mess: here.
Britain: The Communication Workers Union welcomed an inquiry into dog attacks on postal staff on Wednesday – and called on the government to strengthen laws: here.
Dogs and deer: here.
Do dingoes suppress the activity of feral cats in northern Australia? Here.
Dutch dogs butcher roe deer: here.
Dutch dogs in nature reserves: here. And here.
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“Guilty look” in dogs mostly owners’ fantasy,
scientists say:
People may see “guilt” in a dog’s body language when
they think the dog did something wrong – even if it didn’t.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/090615_dog
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Debate heats up on dog origins:
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/111126_dogs
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Maximaal 3 honden per persoon in natuurgebieden Lelystad
24/05/13, 12:29 − bron: ANP
In twee natuurgebieden in Lelystad mogen straks niet meer dan drie honden per persoon worden uitgelaten. Staatsbosbeheer stelt die maatregel in na klachten van mensen die zich geïntimideerd voelden door grote groepen honden, zoals van hondenuitlaatservices. Dat meldde Staatsbosbeheer vrijdag.
Het is voor het eerst dat een dergelijke maatregel in Nederland wordt ingesteld. Staatsbosbeheer sluit niet uit dat die elders in Nederland ook gaat gelden. In ‘hondenlosloopgebieden’ in natuurgebieden in Rotterdam en op de Veluwe is het zover niet gekomen; daar werden eerder al afspraken gemaakt tussen de natuurorganisatie en hondenuitlaatservices.
In het Gelderse Hout en het Zuigerplasbos in Lelystad kunnen boswachters na de zomervakantie een boete van 90 euro uitdelen als iemand meer dan drie honden tegelijk uitlaat. Staatsbosbeheer is in gesprek met hondenuitlaatservices over andere plekken, met minder recreanten, om honden uit te laten.
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Monday 3rd July 2017
posted by Peter Lazenby in Britain
AT LEAST seven postal workers are attacked by dogs every day while doing their rounds, their union CWU said yesterday.
A report by Royal Mail said that last year there were around 2,470 attacks, leaving some postal workers with permanent and disabling injuries.
The report coincides with the start of the fifth Dog Awareness Week campaign, aimed at encouraging owners to keep their dogs under control.
CWU safety officer Dave Joyce said: “Seven postal workers attacked by dogs every day of the year is unacceptable and the whole idea of Dog Awareness Week is to highlight the problem and the repercussions for dog owners and the victims, many of whom are seriously injured.
“Over 70 per cent of dog attacks on postmen and women occur on the garden path or at the doorstep of the dog owner’s home.
“It just needs owners to restrict their animals’ access to the front garden or to put their dog in another room before opening the door to collect a parcel or sign for an item.”
Royal Mail’s Dr Shaun Davis added: “There have been around 14,500 attacks on our postmen and women over the last five years, with over 2,400 this year alone.
“Some of these attacks have led to extremely serious and life-changing injuries and this is unacceptable.”
http://morningstaronline.co.uk/a-ff11-2,500-postal-workers-attacked-by-vicious-dogs#.WVpcLFFpwdU
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