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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nightranger" data-source="post: 1601747" data-attributes="member: 64473">I hadn't thought of China thinking 'stuff conservation' so I am glad you raised this idea - another example of the hidden meaning within the message when the comments are examined in more detail.I think Chris has already commented about badger control but I may have imagined it. Chris has some off-the-wall ideas, which is fine but I am not sure it is always necessary to say them out loud. I happen to know there is one wildlife presenter that sympathises with game shooting even if not as a participant. The point being that this person has never made a public statement to that effect. I am not saying Chris should shut up but more it would be better if he picked a less controversial way to raise such an important point. The good side is that there have been a lot of positive things said in the wake of the comments.I am not sure this is fair because I think Chris was trying to champion certain areas of conservation that he is interested in. OK, there are some areas of his statement that were less than clear, as you correctly pulled out but I think it is about his personal sympathies. He even said that he would welcome the debate but it is difficult to get a debate going with the general public if they do not come to websites like this. In some ways, I have probably not achieved what I set out to do by starting this thread because I would expect just about everyone on this site has a little more than entry level understanding of conservation. I am not sure how to class the people I am interested in hearing from but I would guess my target would be a fair proportion of Springwatch viewers that do not read BBC Wildlife - if that makes sense.</blockquote>

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