RSPB is short of the Royal Society for the protection of Birds. It is a decent cause run on bad principles; a pity.
Environment Better With Gamekeepers There
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To protect birds, conservation charities should invest in gamekeepers, not nature reserves
To walk the Pennine Way in the early morning in spring is to enjoy a symphony of the best bird song imaginable. The woodwind crescendo of the curlew, the piccolo refrain of the golden plover, the zither diminuendos of the peewit, even the violin glissandos of the dunlin—moorland waders fill the air with exquisite sound. Yet a walk over other hills—in Wales, the Lake District or Dartmoor—will yield no such result. The reason has almost nothing to do with pesticides, farming, habitat management, legal protection, or even climate change; the usual villains of animal charities. Instead, wading species thrive on Pennine moors because of an unlikely friend: the gamekeeper.
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Game keepers get a grip of foxes, crows and other predators which is good for ground nesting species. The RSPB knows the truth but keeps very quiet about it.