Bastards

Serious post - £375,000 of our money has been put aside to research ways of disuading Buzzards from taking Pheasants. A native bird with a population of 41,000 pairs vs a non-native of 4 million birds put out every year. The trial includes translocation, capture and nest destruction. I find it disgusting and urge you to contact your MP. Here is a description of the meeting that precipitated this ILLEGAL study.

'Meeting with Richard Benyon MP,

Minister for Environment, Food and

Rural Affairs

... 9 November 2011

It was encouraging when the Minister opened the

meeting saying, “This is a subject close to my heart.”

Three Trustees of SongBird Survival made a short present -

ation to Mr Benyon and his team from Defra outlining the

aims and activities of the Charity and describing our

research projects. One of the suggestions made to the

Minister was that a small fraction of the £500 million

cost of agri-environmental schemes should be spent on

research and that the inclusion of predator control should

also be considered to enhance effectiveness.

The Minster and his colleagues were presented with

copies of the review of predation research published by

the University of Reading in 2010. In the opinion of the

Trustees this study casts grave doubts on the quality of

much of the research on which Defra policy is based.'

 

 

Please write to your MP to register your protest. I will be.