Predator control under pressure

I have been reading a book from the year of my birth written by a former Shooting Times editor, Noel M Sedgwick. He published a few during his career and this one is entitled With Dog and Gun. It’s written in a style that is hardly recognisable today. Indeed, some of the statements he makes on certain issues would result in the instant revocation of his certificates in the current climate, but that is another matter. I’m only partially into it, but already there is one issue in particular that has struck a chord.

Bearing in mind that it was written 70 years ago, he showed quite some foresight