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    Here we go again

    Mar 03, 2020 3 minutes

    Cast your mind back to this time last year. Remember what happened? Of course you do. Who could possibly forget? Campaign group Wild Justice brought pigeon and crow control to a shuddering halt.

    In one fell swoop, pigeon shooting stopped and corvid traps were removed. Any live crow and magpie decoys were either set free or transferred to aviaries. Shooters and gamekeepers, law-abiding as ever, complied Looking back, what fools we were.

    All this came about because Wild Justice threatened legal action against

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