Country Diary
Nov 11, 2020
3 minutes
Defra has concluded its two-part review into the release of pheasants and red-legged partridges. The first part was a study of the impact of gamebird release on European protected sites. The second involved an assessment of what steps are appropriate to prevent any adverse impacts of gamebird release.
The results of this have been declared by one influential shooting commentator to be a “win for shooting”. I hate to be a party pooper, but ‘we’ haven’t
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