UK Government strikes again (1 Viewer)

Amazingly, this is not exactly the UK Government, but Natural England, the official guardians of our wildlife, proposing to extend general licences to common birds (Robin is the first example given in the Observer).

davercox said:

Amazingly, this is not exactly the UK Government, but Natural England, the official guardians of our wildlife, proposing to extend general licences to common birds (Robin is the first example given in the Observer).

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In what way is Natural England not the UK Government?

John

Of course it's the government. NE is a department of the government and, as such, are wholly answerable to, and controlled by those that set policy, I.e. the government. It's one more example of the deeply anti-conservation, anti-science dogma running through government policies The health and safety card is patently a sop to a small, but wealthy, special interest group. Namely, landowners. If Robins and Pied Wagtail can be 'proved' to be a health hazard / threat to the finances of someone then it's only a short step to 'proving' birds of prey are as well. It's the thin end of the wedge in an attempt to return to 'Victorian values' towards wild life, by the back door.