A unified voice for conservation
VEN though our society currently enjoys the highest levels of health, income and life expectancy in human history, it feels insecure. Most of our population need to go back three generations to find a living memory of working in the countryside. In a world separated from agriculture, all animals are pets endowed with human feelings. The notion of killing for sport and, increasingly, even for management, is considered abhorrent in this emotional environment – a fertile breeding ground for fear, which campaigners exploit. This is why nine countryside organisations
