Sri Lanka’s divine pests: Peafowl problem calls for human action (Commentary)

Mongabay
Jan 27, 2020, 3:22 am230 pts
What is a pest? It implies a value judgment: harmful to whom? A pigeon is not harmful to the pigeon hawk. But let feral populations multiply in cities, where they and their nests foul human structures, and they are considered pests. Tourists pay to see wild elephants and monkeys, but when they come into your…

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