Without probably, a damming and biased comment, I would like to share this.
The more the public are made aware of the devious tactics of the shooting brigade the better. I try to do my bit to save our planet.
Hen harriers disappear from grouse moors in northern England – BBC News
What’s striking is how it’s so brazen. Names could be named all the way up to the owners of these estates, but they have no shame, and the killing goes on.
The owners often have too much ‘influence’.
So angry. The penalties aren’t working. Maybe if the shooting licenses were removed from moors where this is happening the penalty would be meaningful.
There doesn’t seem to be any political policy to go that far. No surprise.there.
B*****ds!
I read this a couple of days ago and wondered if you had seen it. I’m afraid what I think of these people and their guns is probably unladylike and unprintable!
Go on say it with asterisks.
It’s appalling and I’m convinced blind eyes are being turned
The truth will come out eventually.
“It said all three incidents had been reported to the police and the National Wildlife Crime Unit.”
Ah, we can expect some aristocrat in court in the next few weeks then……😒.
Everyone’s memories of Tony Blair are now mostly negative thanks to the UK media (and of course his decision to invade Iraq), but he’s the one that chucked all but 92 of this lot out of the House of Lords, and stopped them legally hunting foxes, and would have gone further in time.
There are still sitting MPs who want to bring back fox hunting, It is carrying on anyway under the guise of trail hunting.
The entitled rich do as they like and get away with it.
I always think its ironic that the Hen Harrier is used as the symbol ofthe Forest of Bowland AONB given the attitude of the landowners
A story from a friend of mine ________________
“When I was at college in the early 1970s I had a friend called Norman from Rawtenstall
He was into shooting rabbits and game birds, but did it illegally
He got caught and ended up in court. The magistrate was a local landowner who allowed paid shooting.
He described Norman as scum of the earth who he would have had birched if allowed. He accused him of stealing the income from a hard-working landowner, and hit him with a massive fine.
I bet they’d do the same now if possible.”
Very true. It has always been so.