Times article on wader predation

[RobinP]

Maybe it's just me but I found this article a bit uncomfortable, especially the bit about killing Buzzards and the 'occasional Red Kite or Sea Eagle'. Do these people not know the word 'illegal'?

Controlling predators can save the curlew | Magnus Linklater - Times Online

[salukiwhippet]

What a silly article. The lack of differentiation between legal, structured wildlife management and illegal killing of raptors is what causes a lot of the animosity between 'pros' (!) and antis. Articles like that don't do a lot to help!

James

[Jaeviatrix]

Disgraceful. Ill informed journalist seduced by hunt lobby.

The vegetarian society says eating meat is unhealthy, so it must be, mustn't it? What nonsense.

[darrenm]

some wont be happy until they can legally blast away at anything that they percieve has being a threat and will stoop to any level to get their way and that includes promoting their ill founded ideas across the media.

I dont have a problem with Game Shooting and never have had and can see habitat created and managed for Game species can also provide habitat for other species some of which are in decline mainly through industrialised agricultural practices and poor habitat management.

A similar thread is running on the Bird section of this forum at present

[GilesBradshaw]

Re killing raptors I am not sure if that would be a hugely bad thing when and if they became really common and started threatening other species

[Ukwildlifeo]

Originally Posted by GilesBradshaw

Re killing raptors I am not sure if that would be a hugely bad thing when and if they became really common and started threatening other species

Well if you ignore the basic's of predator - prey relationships....