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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nutcracker" data-source="post: 3367493" data-attributes="member: 18214">Absolutely, yes: whales and wolves in Norway. Whale protection is in fact one of the major factors that stopped Norway from wanting to join - they knew that if they did, they'd have to cease whaling.If Britain leaves the EU, you can be pretty sure that the current government will also take Hen Harrier, Goshawk, Red Kite, Buzzard, Peregrine, and Short-eared Owl off the protected list at the behest of their grouse moor estate overlords. Staying in the EU would I trust prevent that from happening.BTW, before you go on upholding Norway and Switzerland as ideals of how Britain could be outside the EU, don't forget that both are signed up to the Schengen agreement <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> That makes getting on with the EU a lot easier for them. If we left the EU and continued to reject Schengen, we'd have a similar relationship to the EU that Belarus has. Not an ideal to look up to!</blockquote>