A complaint by a cyclists saying that she was “attacked” by a magpie while riding her bike in Bella Vista Sydney resulted in the Hills District Council telling her the magpie had been “removed“. I have just received an email advising that the magpie had now been removed, so hopefully that area will now be safe” the cyclist wrote on a private face book group. We don’t know if she knew that by “removing”, the magpie that it had actually been killed by t he Council. The post caused fury from Animal lovers on other community pages. “I am so angry right now that I won’t even comment,” wrote one person on face book. The following is this reporters personal feelings. It is Springtime and magpies are nesting, this is when magpies usually swoop because they are protecting their nests and young, surely it is not to hard to avoid an area where you know maggies are nesting during this period. Maybe if people reported nesting magpies to their local Councils the Councils could place warning signs or even better maybe the person who sees it could make up their own warning sign to warn other people. WHY IS IT OKAY FOR HUMANS TO PROTECT THEIR YOUNG BUT NOT OTHER CREATURES?