Robin Edwards
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You mention species like Fox and Stoat suffering from Grouse shooting but many people including the RSPB and plenty of non shooting birders happily acknowledge the conservation benefits of legal predator control.
Only the other day I read a comment from a local birder who spent the day on the Durham Grouse moors delighted to be surrounded by Curlew,Redshank,Lapwing,Snipe and Golden Plover but not a Crow or magpie in sight now its not rocket science to see there's a link there but you might choose to pick out only the part about the negative impact on Corvids.
Wholesale species removal vs legal predator control - there is a difference.
Curlew,Redshank,Lapwing,Snipe and Golden Plover have existed alongside corvids and grouse species as well as predator species for eons of time before the invention of shotguns and tweed. Serving these waders up as a reason to kill everything else is simply a risible practice. There is nothing that comes near conservation from driven grouse shooting other than conserving a sporting tradition that makes some people a tidy profit.
Rocket Science? - where does science come into anything you've said so far Adam?