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June 28, 2010
Red Kite Falls Victim to Cuisinart of the Air
Posted by Dave Blount at June 28, 2010 11:20 AM
Where's Sherlock Holmes when we need him? Someone must uncover who killed the endangered red kite that was found dead beneath an environmentally friendly windmill.
The carcass of the rare red kite was discovered at the Fairburn wind farm in Ross-shire. It was examined by a Scottish Agricultural College vet and was found to have suffered bruising and fractures consistent with an impact.
Not to worry, the authorities are on top of the case:
A SSE [Scottish and Southern Energy] spokeswoman said last night: "As soon as we were aware of this incident we notified the authorities, including the RSPB [Royal Society for the Protection of Birds]. Since then we have been carrying out extensive investigations into what caused the death of this red kite and how it ended up at the bottom of one of the turbines. These investigations are still ongoing."
Despite the windmill being guaranteed as "harmless to wildlife" by the same bureauweenies who tell us these hideous boondoggles can generate electricity efficiently, Aedán Smith of the RSPB believes he's found the culprit — and the solution:
"Evidence suggests that the kite is most likely to have been killed by collision with a turbine. … We will continue to work closely with SSE and others to find ways of reducing the risk to red kites and other birds from wind farms still further. I hope that we will also be able to secure additional funding to help this threatened species."
That is, the solution to Big Government stealing people's money and wasting it on absurd contraptions that are better at chopping up birds than generating power is to have Big Government steal more money and pour it upon windmills' victims. No doubt the kite's surviving kin will be set up with nest eggs to compensate them for their loss.
On a tip from Byron.
