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Unreasonable Hurdles for Farmers: Licence to Kill, Take or Disturb Chaos

CSM EDITORIAL In the complex world of UK farming, managing land, livestock, and crops is an already Herculean task. Yet, as if these responsibilities weren’t challenging enough, farmers now face an additional layer of bureaucracy with the latest updates to the licence to kill, take or disturb by Natural England. This licence, which permits the control of wild birds for essential purposes like preventing agricultural … Continue reading Unreasonable Hurdles for Farmers: Licence to Kill, Take or Disturb Chaos

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Do Buzzards Eat Partridge?

BY DAVID EYLES In September, to great fanfare and publicity alarums, Chris Packham and George Monbiot released “A Peoples Manifesto for Wildlife”. This wide-ranging document claims to having no party political bias, but admits to being political and even controversial. The manifesto declares its intentions to form no less than 17 separate ministries for the management of the British countryside and seas. These 17 separate … Continue reading Do Buzzards Eat Partridge?

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