On Endangered Barn Owls

That baiting mice and rats with rodent bait has it's side effects there can be no denying

In parts of Australia barn owls from eating baited rodents are sick and dying

In mouse plagues the numbers too many for the barn owls to control

And the killing and eating of  baited rodents on the owls taking it's toll

Barn owls the beautiful brown and white birds of the night

That are very seldom seen out and about in daylight

Friends of the farmers and gardeners many of them does say

For killing and eating of  baited rodents with their lives does pay

Stories of  poisoned barn owls in Australia one often read of and of hear

And that they may be facing extinction is not an unfounded fear

Among bird lovers of Australia wide

Who fear for the future of the owls of the countryside

That rodent baiting has it's side effects is obviuosly clear

Barn owl numbers are dwindling in Australia by the year.