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Originally Posted by eeyore  I suspect that it is the bad apples who are the exception as throughout my conservation career i have worked with keepers who have been decent, honest, and unlikely to break the law or kill simply for the sake of it. |
Sorry I did not only mean protected species as I said I take a very different view to most keepers and by that I mean I don't find it necessary to kill most of what would generally be considered vermin.As we buy in pouts I feel that certain animals that may have posed a threat to chicks or eggs are no longer a threat to my charges so do not find the need to kill them.
The only animals I see as a direct threat to my poults are fox and mink (though in the last 5 years I have only caught 2 mink on this estate).
Buzzards cause some disturbance to my partridge but by leaving diversionary food for them it minimizes this problem.