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Wednesday 9 March 2011

Stop the cull of crows petition

I don't often get onto my soap box for a petition, but this one I feel is a just cause. There is a group called the Songbird Survival Trust which purports to be a legitimate wildlife conservation organisation, but in fact has hidden agenda's. That's fine, all organisations have hidden agendas. It's part of life. However under the auspices of research, they are organising a culling programme of corvids, in the belief that this will prevent further songbird decline. Is it me, but if we decide that in our countryside, one group of animals should prosper at the expense of eradicating another, then we're on a slippery slope back 100 years, especially when in this case all the evidence suggests that while crows has some impact, farmland practices, human development, disturbance and habitat loss are the biggests problem facing songbirds.

I fully understand the need to regulate corvids in some circumstances, and have no problem with landowners controlling their numbers. After all the whole of the UK is managed to a greater or lesser extent. However... for a so called wildlife group to plan and execute this cull seems very dubious to me. So a petition has been set up to try and stop this. I have no involvement with any of this, just want to spread the word. A link to the petition is here.

12 comments:

  1. It would be an appalling course of action to take and I have just signed the petition against it.

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  2. Sad. I hope they don't do it. I will pop over and sign the petition too. Crows gather in the thousands in certain areas during winter. People always want to kill them off for some reason or another.

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  3. Thanks Robin and Lisa - feel free to spread the word !

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  4. I've signed it too, I looked at the last Dorset Life but I think you must have got the April issue......Note to self,....go to Smiths tomorrow!
    I hope I got the Haswell facts right!

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  5. I feel that strongly about this Andrew that I've done a blog posting on the matter - hope you don't mind.

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  6. I don't mind at all Robin, spread the word, wildly and far :-)

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  7. Goosey, if you can't find it I'll have a rummage and send you a copy

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  8. Hi Andrew, I signed too. I came across these people a while ago and immediately felt uncomfortable and that there was something 'not right' about them. I'm really pleased you have researched them and highlighted this appalling proposal!

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  9. Thanks Shysongbird... I can't take the credit however for the initial research.

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  10. Are these people INSANE! A cull of crows....pardon my language but FFS!!!!!!!!!

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  11. I've signed too ... and will spread the word

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  12. Now Oldcrow, such language from a pagan elder :-) ??

    Thanks Cindy

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