the fact, there are so many being killed on the roads nowadays indicates, a very,very healthy population and no reason why they should need to be protected anymore, back in 70`s /80`s DDT based poisons really did a job on there populations but since they were banned the populations have been slowly rising, but now we are experiencing an explosion in numbers. don't get me wrong i have a soft spot for birds of prey and have flown and bred most of them in my lifetime but just like any other predator, when its in a situation causing a problem to others then they need to be controlled. a fact that