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Great bustards 'establishing' in the UK (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter ChrisKten
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Yes, till about 20 seconds after the protection is removed. Then, "bang, bang, bang" and it will all be over.
Farnboro John
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Just like Stone Curlews? I'm not quite as optimistic as the news article about how near to establishing the bustards are (many a slip twixt 27 potential nests and any success at all this year) but that's ridiculous. These birds will be Schedule One for many years to come until their numbers are huge and their distribution wide.
John
bang bang bang ....shoot all the foxes (or at least the vast majority) within the area and they have a reasonable chance.
I do wish I could believe that but Schedule One is little protection for birds that people want rid off,eg Hen Harrier. In this case, the attraction will be something along the lines of shooting "Britain's largest game bird"
By loss of protection I did not mean "removal of protection status" but "removal of physical protection; the eyes and ears that cannot always be there.
Farnboro John
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I'd like to know why you think people actually want rid of these? If it comes to that, any shooting interests looking to open a bustard shoot will wish to have a continuous income stream and will not countenance hunting to extermination - possibly the best protection....
John
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