Rewilding

I've no idea what this 'project' was advocating so can't comment. Would be interesting to know mind in order to weight up the advantages or disadvantages or the 'reasons' for the objections.  As far as wolves are concerned there would have to be an incredible amount of work to do, far more than that sum would achieve. Was it a case of jumping to the last possibility in order to stop the far more achievable and sensible from happening?

No but I have been threatened by a gang of Badger Baiters, who were attacking a sett near i live, Yes, I filmed them,  Wildlife Crime is never very far away. 

Government supporting Culling a protected species does NOT help.

White Tailed Eagles shot in West Highlands, Short Eared Owls and Hen Harriers shot over Grouse Moors. Lapwings and Skylarks minced to death on their nests because of intensive Dairy Farming and Sileage cutting. Polluting of rivers due to muck spreading, so much so, that some rivers in Mid Wales are effectively 'Dead'. 

Yes, the Whole of the UK needs 'Re Wilding'  including Mid and West Wales.

AND I am NOT a 'city dweller'.

When walking one of our collies in the Cotswolds a game keeper threatened us with dire consequences if we did not keep him on his lead,  as there was livestock in the fields, which as we told him we knew and his "livestock"were not fully matured  game birds who would be put up by beaters for the guns of the rich  the next weekend even though they would not have the strength or maturity to  gain enough height to stand a chance ,he then just drove  off on his quad bike as he could not give a reasoned reply

Ps We were on the public class five road that runs near the Notgrove club site to Salperton village,

What says you Kermit?

Thanks

Oh dear, it still happens!https://www.birdguides.com/news/third-brood-management-hen-harrier-goes-missing/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter231019&eid=597110&_ccCt=a_4%7ew%7e7LJGSLGLBOKZ9y8YihQuPfL%7eivqpuPHBUFh48G%7eRAo2a7klc%7egqpRqXqVn

Some great of you might recall how appalled we were driving the roads of North Yorkshire a couple of weeks ago, dead pheasants everywhere.

This is an interesting article about where some of the estates are, and the importation of chicks from overseas. They are called livestock initially, subject to tax schemes, then become “wild” birds upon release. Huge sums of money involved. It’s not uncommon for people to come across thousands of discarded carcasses dumped illegally after a shoot has taken place either. 

https://whoownsengland.org/2019/04/02/the-english-shooting-estates-that-rear-20-million-pheasants-a-year/

Corners, I didn't think my first sentence / paragraph was enough to engender such a reaction from the countryfolk did you ?? .  Honestly from an "Outsiders " point of viewas far as the thread goes was it so bad, really  ??

 Mickysf

  Please study my first reply to Corners Especially the first sentence.

Nowhere there did I mention Top predators or similar.

I only used wolves / lynx in Scotland as an example --  It could easily have been  brown trout in chalk streams or various butterflies over the Downs.

 Until the punishment starts to fit the crime, ie  Gamekeeper AND Shoot syndicate being severly punished, jail time and loss of Shotgun certificate for the Gamekeeper. AND  fines related to value of land owned by syndicate, say 10% of value.  This type of Wildlife  Crime will continue.

The loss of Shotgun Certificates for ALL syndicate members would probably hit harder. And be more effective.