A wake up call
I used to be a warden on an RSPB reserve until I discovered the truth
about CONservation hooliganism. The recent cry for deer controls is as
a direct result of groups like the RSPB slaughtering deer with it's
hunting partners instead of using proper wildlife management programs,
these maintain game wildlife at peak birth rates which make it easier
for lard arse hunters to have their little thrill of shooting game.
The RSPB reserve at Abernethy is a joint partnership with a game
shooting group, RSPB and BASC regular run joint ventures to shoot
wildlife for fun. The RSPB refuse to answer questions and have even
employed criminal trolls like Malcolm Ogilvie to conduct a dirty
tricks campaign on newsgroups against those who try to expose the CON
in conservation.
We need to think twice about where our money is going.
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These groups con us out of money to "protect wildlife" and then kill
it, they con the country out of grants, tax breaks etc and end up
costing us millions. The deer fiasco is a classic example of a never
ending CONservation charity golden goose and we are silly enough to
let them get away with it and then pay them for doing it!!
LACS have deer reserves on its lands and the populations of deer
remain fairly constant and cause no problems. Roe deer in the New
Forest have not been culled for many years and the population is
actually in decline, yet CONservation hooligans have been whining for
decades how deer numbers are out of control and they need funding to
bring numbers down! it's a CON and we need to ensure pro hunting
groups are taken out of wildlife management programs, the two simply
do not mix. AT least the hunting groups admit their measures are
designed to maintain wildlife for hunting.
>Subject: Anger over flying squad deer cull
>From: lcs Mixmaster Remailer (E-Mail Removed)
>Date: 15/02/04 20:20 GMT Standard Time
>Message-id: <(E-Mail Removed)>
>
>The crazy, crazy world of theme park, tabletop CONservationism, lets
>all go for a helicopter safari shoot, at the tax payers expense!
>
>
>Anger over flying squad deer cull
Here's a letter of mine along similar lines that was published in the
Glasgow
Herald.
17 August 2002
Letters to the Editor
The Herald
Glasgow
Dear Sir
As the subject of your article "Animal Activist's Claims Outlawed by
Judge" (17
Aug.) I am not overly surprised by the verdict as the "establishment"
protects
its own.
However, I feel I should make some comments about the killing of deer
by
conservation charities such as the Woodland Trust.
Hunters and conservationists would have us believe that it is
necessary to
reduce deer numbers to an acceptable population level that doesn't
cause
ecological damage. When asked why the population has increased so
rapidly, they
tell us that deer reproduce prolifically and that there are no large
predators,
namely the wolf, left to control their numbers. On the face of it,
that seems a
reasonable explanation but it is more of a plausible excuse for
hunters to
enjoy their grizzly fun and conservationists to employ them to hunt in
almost
exactly the same way under the more respectable guise of culling.
There is no doubt that wolves were predators of deer, but not for a
very long
time. The last wolf was killed in the UK around 1750, more than 250
years ago,
and their numbers were in serious decline for many decades before
that. So it
is reasonable to assume that wolves have had little impact on deer for
the past
300 - 350 years. With that in mind one could be excused for thinking
that deer
numbers would have escalated at an enormous rate over that period.
But it is
only in the last 50-60 years that their numbers have increased
significantly,
coinciding with a thriving hunting industry and reforestation that
provides
shelter.
So is there a connection? Of course there is!
To understand the whole sorry mess, one must examine the structure and
covert
allegiances between hunters and conservationists who, including the
Woodland
Trust, form alliances within "deer management groups" that are
overseen by the
Deer Commission to maintain an artificially high deer population to
satisfy the
requirements of hunting estates. But as deer know no boundaries, the
population
expands to other areas unchecked, where they can damage unprotected
saplings,
ground flora and ground nesting habitats.
This is when the deceit of the conservationists comes to the fore.
Having
supped with the hunters, they now tell us they need to cull deer to
reduce the
increase in population that the hunters were responsible for in the
first
place. The horrid cycle continues year after year.
Why don't the conservationists abandon their hunting friends and join
forces
with the animal activists who oppose hunting? No chance - it's all
about
money. The government via the Deer Commission wishes to maintain the
hunting
industry as an economic benefit to rural areas and the
conservationists depend
on grants via the Forestry Authority to plant their trees.
The conservationists won't bite the hand that feeds them and the deer
are the
losers.
Animal rights and welfare activists, together with our MSPs, have rid
this
country of the scourge of hunting with dogs. The next target should
be the
hunting estates.
17 August 2002
Letters to the Editor
The Herald
Glasgow
Dear Sir
As the subject of your article "Animal Activist's Claims Outlawed by
Judge" (17
Aug.) I am not overly surprised by the verdict as the "establishment"
protects
its own.
However, I feel I should make some comments about the killing of deer
by
conservation charities such as the Woodland Trust.
Hunters and conservationists would have us believe that it is
necessary to
reduce deer numbers to an acceptable population level that doesn't
cause
ecological damage. When asked why the population has increased so
rapidly, they
tell us that deer reproduce prolifically and that there are no large
predators,
namely the wolf, left to control their numbers. On the face of it,
that seems a
reasonable explanation but it is more of a plausible excuse for
hunters to
enjoy their grizzly fun and conservationists to employ them to hunt in
almost
exactly the same way under the more respectable guise of culling.
There is no doubt that wolves were predators of deer, but not for a
very long
time. The last wolf was killed in the UK around 1750, more than 250
years ago,
and their numbers were in serious decline for many decades before
that. So it
is reasonable to assume that wolves have had little impact on deer for
the past
300 - 350 years. With that in mind one could be excused for thinking
that deer
numbers would have escalated at an enormous rate over that period.
But it is
only in the last 50-60 years that their numbers have increased
significantly,
coinciding with a thriving hunting industry and reforestation that
provides
shelter.
So is there a connection? Of course there is!
To understand the whole sorry mess, one must examine the structure and
covert
allegiances between hunters and conservationists who, including the
Woodland
Trust, form alliances within "deer management groups" that are
overseen by the
Deer Commission to maintain an artificially high deer population to
satisfy the
requirements of hunting estates. But as deer know no boundaries, the
population
expands to other areas unchecked, where they can damage unprotected
saplings,
ground flora and ground nesting habitats.
This is when the deceit of the conservationists comes to the fore.
Having
supped with the hunters, they now tell us they need to cull deer to
reduce the
increase in population that the hunters were responsible for in the
first
place. The horrid cycle continues year after year.
Why don't the conservationists abandon their hunting friends and join
forces
with the animal activists who oppose hunting? No chance - it's all
about
money. The government via the Deer Commission wishes to maintain the
hunting
industry as an economic benefit to rural areas and the
conservationists depend
on grants via the Forestry Authority to plant their trees.
The conservationists won't bite the hand that feeds them and the deer
are the
losers.
Animal rights and welfare activists, together with our MSPs, have rid
this
country of the scourge of hunting with dogs. The next target should
be the
hunting estates.
>
>
>The measure has been attacked as a "waste of money"
>A cull of 80 deer in the Cairngorms by a flying squad of trained
>marksmen has caused uproar.
>Seven contract stalkers were flown in by helicopter to carry out the
>killing mission on the Glenfeshie Estate.
>
>The Deer Commission ordered the cull, claiming the deer had to be
>killed in a bid to protect the regeneration of the native Caledonian
>Pine Forest.
>
>But the move has been branded "heavy handed" by objectors including
>staff at the Cairngorms National Park.
>
>
>The commission ordered the cull under legal emergency powers to
>protect the local environment on the estate, which is described as the
>jewel in the Cairngorms crown.
>
> We deployed professional stalkers to undertake a culling operation
>to prevent serious damage to an internationally important woodland
>
>Deer Commission
>Gregor Rimell, Cairngorms National Park representative for the area,
>said the move was a waste of money.
>
>He added: "This has just been an antagonistic exercise and a gross
>misuse of public money.
>
>"There was no correspondence and the cull came as a shock to the
>factor. I don't know why a helicopter was needed and why the cull was
>carried out in deep snow.
>
>"The factor and his wife are both young, local people with lots of
>experience of the land and the surrounding estates.
>
>"I would have thought it was not beyond the wit of the Deer Commission
>of Scotland to work with them rather than acting in such a heavy-
>handed manner."
>
>Deer reconnaissance
>
>Estate factor Thomas MacDonnell declined to comment, saying the matter
>was now in the hands of a solicitor.
>
>Deer numbers on the estate have caused dispute in the past.
>
>The estate has wanted numbers to be kept high to ensure enough stags
>for the landowner and guests to shoot for sport.
>
>But the ancient pine forest, part of the Caledonian forest which once
>covered all of Scotland, has been reducing in size because of
>overgrazing by large numbers of deer.
>
>
>The estate factor said the matter is in the hands of a solicitor
>Deer Commission director Nick Reiter said: "We deployed professional
>stalkers to undertake a culling operation to prevent serious damage to
>an internationally important woodland and natural heritage site.
>
>"The Deer (Scotland) Act 1996 places duties on the Deer Commission to
>deal with the adverse impacts by deer in agriculture, woodlands, the
>natural heritage and public safety."
>
>He said a reconnaissance of the area was carried out and identified
>397 animals - a density of 95 deer per square kilometre.
>
>Mr Reiter added that a helicopter was required because of the poor
>weather and remote location.
>
>National park convener Andrew Thin said all parties should now be
>brought together at an emergency meeting to resolve the matter.
>
>The 42,000-acre estate was bought in 2001 by Danish businessman
>Flemming Skoube for a reported £8.5m.
>Angus Macmillan
>Roots-of-Blood Campaign
>www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
>www.killhunting.org.uk
>" First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,
>then they lose". Mahatma Gandhi.
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