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Iwrch, It has obviously piqued your interest, what do you see as the downside to this?
J.C 275,
eloquently put, but untill they stop misrepresenting facts, propagating misinformation and they accept that raptors have a place but that place is not everywhere, then I will fight them tooth and claw every step of the way. I think it's about time the Charities Commision had a look at this organisation and its aspirations to quasi-legal bird police status.
Hi FT,
As far as the report goes, I see no obvious downside. Rather, I am encouraged by the closing reference to some future partners being "unlikely bedfellows". Can they mean us?
It is up to the shooting community to rise to the challenge and show the uninititated how we aim to preserve, not destroy our environment. Two position statements spring to mind which clearly illustrate this intent; the GCT's "Conservation through wise use" and BASC's "Green and always has been". The sporting community should not be afraid to engage with such projects, particularly since we have so much expertise within our ranks to educate the less well informed.
I totally agree. This has to be resisted at all costs.I'm not Iwrch but for what it is worth I'll tell you what the downside to this is, and it is a big downside. What this basically says is that the RSPB, and no doubt a bunch of other green nutter groups, want legal say over land even if they don't own it. I suspect they are looking blanket UK wide conservation areas where the owners will have to comply with a long list of laws drawn up, of course, in consultation with the RSPB and others with a very clearly stated agenda. Lead bullets might feature on this agenda, as one example of something we've discussed here recently, and I'm sure there are 1,000 other things they can do to make gamekeeping and even deer stalking more difficult. The RSPB have been buying up land in a manner designed to make shooting as difficult as possible but there is only so much land you can buy and there are only so many people willing to sell to the green nutters so this solves that problem, if they get this then they own the whole country.
What if, say, all access to woodland with certain species of bird were to be banned unless the visitors were to be guided by some RSPB lackey? Jobs for the boys in green nutter fantasy land and, oh dearie me, deer stalking in those areas has just become impossible. A win win situation all round for the greens and their supporters would just love to hear tales from their guide of how the area used to be used for shooting but that is all stopped now.
For everyone in the UK, except for a handful of the greens who probably stand to make a big pile of cash from this, this is the worst possible outcome and we must fight it every inch of the way.