Martin Thomas
Retired student
I was deeply disturbed by a paragraph in Richard Mabey's column on page 15 of the June 2007 edition of BBC Wildlife Magazine which reads as follows:
"And there are whispers that the Government may soon cave in to the powerful game shooting lobby and introduce some relaxation to the absolute protection currently afforded to birds of prey - long regarded as vermin, of course, by estate managers with rich syndicate shoots to keep happy."
After David Cameron's recent admission of how much he enjoys blasting living things I'd say it's nailed on we'll see it happen if he gets elected. It's bad enough that any raptors are shot under special licence but I fear we could be back to virtual extinction of our birds of prey once more in a repeat of history in England if the shooting lobby gets its way.
"And there are whispers that the Government may soon cave in to the powerful game shooting lobby and introduce some relaxation to the absolute protection currently afforded to birds of prey - long regarded as vermin, of course, by estate managers with rich syndicate shoots to keep happy."
After David Cameron's recent admission of how much he enjoys blasting living things I'd say it's nailed on we'll see it happen if he gets elected. It's bad enough that any raptors are shot under special licence but I fear we could be back to virtual extinction of our birds of prey once more in a repeat of history in England if the shooting lobby gets its way.