🚀 go-pugleaf

Stephen Firth wrote:
> 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.
> 
>  
> 

I'm sure that you have a point but on UKRA the *RSGB* are the baddies.

Steve