tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204430743209912348.post3578479053530231903..comments2023-12-04T09:12:04.628+00:00Comments on <img src="http://www.gwct.org.uk/media/361898/gwctlogo.jpg"> GWCT News & Advisory: Our letter to The Telegraph on RSPB criticism of shooting communityGWCThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10926927246833909130noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204430743209912348.post-69213261064654369782014-11-21T14:57:53.497+00:002014-11-21T14:57:53.497+00:00"Celebrate the success of the shooting commun..."Celebrate the success of the shooting community"? What for? Destroying vast tracts of the country's wildlife? Your shooters, your owners and your gamekeepers are slaughtering wildlife so that you can pursue your hobby of making money. Your interest is game shooting preservation and certainly not wildlife conservation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07445038782195614586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5204430743209912348.post-16459782154425184862014-11-21T14:00:24.664+00:002014-11-21T14:00:24.664+00:00One of your supporters (Monro) stated, in a commen...One of your supporters (Monro) stated, in a comment to the Telegraph, that:<br /><br />''There is no incentive for the owners of expensive, not very profitable, upland estates to accommodate hen harriers so their keepers drive them away by disturbance (not difficult) should they look like settling; perfectly legal.''<br /><br />Is this the sort of 'considerable input' to wildlife conservation we should be celebrating, or the sort of disreputable behaviour GWCT should work to eradicate? Your reputation for excellent science is being tarnished by your current attacks on the RSPB. Scores Birderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03633633682693286076noreply@blogger.com