Game theory

Wild Justice recently announced that it was seeking a judicial review over the release of gamebirds, specifically, pheasants and red-legged partridges, which it wants stopped. Its argument is that these birds not only consume things that we don’t want them to eat, such as invertebrates, reptiles and vegetation, but that their droppings upset the chemistry of the environment. Further to this, it says that the birds attract predators that then also kill other wildlife, and that the Government has failed to act to prevent all of this, especially where Natura 2000 sites are concerned.

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