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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paul Longland" data-source="post: 3754557" data-attributes="member: 137696">I also Agree with Nutty and John, which was my original point (they have simply expressed it more eloquently and PC than my reference to bandit country) as to why Goldies are unlikely to ever become re-established south of the border.Whilst the project is laudable in its aims I fear that it is simply doomed (as are the birds) to failure unless there is some serious policing and subsequent legal intervention, for which there seems to be no appetite or budget.It is widely acknowledged that the white tailed eagle scheme now brings millions of tourist pounds to mull/skye etc and this would obviously offset those policing costs. The fact still remains that there are practically no grouse moors there. The economic argument holds no water with the vested interests of the grouse shooting lobby as they don't directly benefit from it.If we are to one day see the return of eagles to NW England I think there would have to be a direct re-introduction scheme, but the same caveats would apply.</blockquote>