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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ChrisKten" data-source="post: 1451252" data-attributes="member: 69033">Before I start I'd better say I have no scientific knowledge on this subject, neither have I done extensive research before posting this. Therefore everything I'm about to type is based on what little knowledge I have and on a belief that Man should stop interfering with Nature. So I'll happily stand corrected if I what I think I know is different from the facts.As I understand it the reason for the decline of the Lapwing is Man, not foxes or indeed any other predator. Autumn sowing of crops has meant that the crops are too tall for the Lapwing. Also there has been a reduction in hill farming, so less uncultivated grassland. If the above is correct, how will killing foxes, or any other predator, help this situation?To me this just seems like another example of Man fiddling around at the edges of Nature. We shouldn't make other animals suffer for the decline of a species, especially when that decline is caused by us. Like I said in a previous post, we are just meddling.As I said, please correct any misconceptions I may have about the decline of the Lapwing.</blockquote>