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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3481706" data-attributes="member: 12449">Main concern is bird welfare - if a ringer does not place bird welfare first, he should not be ringing.It is positive that Latvia is blessed with forward-thinking guys that condemn this, but regrettably it is not universal - I have received e-mails today in which the respondent has said he doesn't feel this  "honorary member of the Ornithological Society" should be punished, also saying he thinks it is not a big deal to take a specimen as it is a species of Least Concern and that the Latvian Museum of Natural History will have nice specimen.I wondered whether to post this whole thread or not and decided it would be beneficial - by the responses on the thread so far, those in Latvia who are angry by this killing can look at this thread as support for them. For those that think it is no big deal, maybe they will understand a little better that most people don't share their views ...who knows, maybe it will make a repeat performance less likely.</blockquote>