Name: Anonymous 2018-01-07 14:13
https://archive.fo/yAWEJ | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2012/aug/29/shoot-seagulls-that-attack-whales
Basically, Argentenian seagulls, mistaking the whales for heaps of garbage in which they forage food, are learning to attack whales, so hired hunters are tracking whales and protecting them from said seagulls. Ostensibly, the impetus for protecting those whales is because whale watching is a pretty popular tourist attraction.
Keas in New Zealand attack sheep in the same way. Keas are not closely related to gulls, so it seems that this kind of behavior is a potential vector of threat for many kinds of birds, and the prey could very well be human, too.
Basically, Argentenian seagulls, mistaking the whales for heaps of garbage in which they forage food, are learning to attack whales, so hired hunters are tracking whales and protecting them from said seagulls. Ostensibly, the impetus for protecting those whales is because whale watching is a pretty popular tourist attraction.
Keas in New Zealand attack sheep in the same way. Keas are not closely related to gulls, so it seems that this kind of behavior is a potential vector of threat for many kinds of birds, and the prey could very well be human, too.