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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mex" data-source="post: 1545663" data-attributes="member: 78476"><p>I know I'm new here, so who am I to write this? - but I do believe that just one voice can have a snowball effect. I know that apathy can and does have a strong hold, on every level (I'm amazed too at how few of my friends will sign up to support birds even though they do care about them). However, history has shown us where this sort of 'persecution mentality' can lead this world on the grand scale if the public hides its head in the sand. Each of us has to stand up to this way of thinking, mentally in the first instance and actively in the second. We CAN change things. Not as naive as it may sound - at the moment politicians ARE listening to the public because they know how unpopular they have become. Surely it's worth a try? Would the world be a better place, do you think, if we just kept quiet - and let this 'evil' trample us into submission?? As I said, forgive me for this when I have only just joined you here, but I love both raptors and all birds - and I believe that if anyone can, 'you and I' can and must help them. Sincerely.</p></blockquote><p></p>