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On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:20:17 +0000, Stephen Firth
<steve@smalloc.co.uk> wrote:

>Many of us have known for some time that the RSPB run some reserves
>with shooting and game groups, Abernethy in particular. This allows
>the slaughter of animals for fun, and obviously the RSPB are desperate
>to hide this fact.
>
>Malcolm Ogilvie, a pro hunt nut, and extremist stalker used to work
>for the RSPB, and was mysteriously dumped by them after becoming a
>loose cannon, and bringing bad publicity towards them.
>
>The League Against Cruel Sports has this to say on the subject.
>
>
>Help us stop fox hunting on the RSPB's bird reserves
>http://www.league.org.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=1953
>
>On February 8, this year, the RSPB gave permission for a local fox
>hunt to pursue and kill foxes on its reserve at Ynys Hir in Wales.
>This is despite the presence on the reserve of nesting herons and
>egrets, and the inevitable disturbance to woodcock and other birds.
>
>The League Against Cruel Sports has criticised the RSPB, saying,
>"Allowing a fox hunt onto a bird reserve merely serves to endanger the
>birds living or nesting there. The RSPB's move to allow the hunt was a
>bad step for conservation and was letting down its members and
>supporters who had paid for the purchase of the reserve."
>
>The League has also pointed to RSPB Scotland's policy of not allowing
>fox hunts on their land
>
> and their national policy of asking people not to take dogs onto
>reserves.
>
>Following an outcry from anti-hunting campaigners, the RSPB cancelled
>the hunt "pending a review." The League will be submitting evidence to
>that review.
>

Take action today: 

Sign our petition to ask the RSPB not to allow fox hunts on their
land.

http://www.league.org.uk/form.asp?FormID=44&CategoryID=1955


Update:
The RSPB are telling the press that they are allowing fox hounds onto
their land just in case the Welsh Assembly Government instruct them to
kill foxes. Even in the unlikely event of this happening, the League
believes that there are many humane methods that do not involve
allowing fox hounds to disturb birds.


http://tinyurl.com/2xbzra

Bird reserve fox hunt furyMar 8 2007

 

 
by Roland Hughes, Daily Post
 
  
CAMPAIGNERS last night urged the RSPB to ban fox hunts from their land
in Wales.

The call came after it emerged the bird charity told farmers they
could hunt foxes on its Ynys Hir reserve, near Machynlleth, at the
start of the lambing season.

But the hunt was scrapped, pending a review, at the last minute. And
protesters have now launched a hard-hitting internet campaign to block
future hunts.

Dogs are usually banned from Ynys Hir, leading The League Against
Cruel Sports to accuse the RSPB of �hypocrisy� for allowing hunting
dogs onto their land.

The hunt was due to take place on February 8 at the Dyfi Estuary
reserve.