Oh no! A bunch of gamekeeper scum who spend their time shooting rare birds of prey and destroying badger dens so some rich twat in tweed has an extra pheasant to shoot are out of work!
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What a tragedy.
>That means a huge reduction in the 57 million red-legged partridges and pheasants reared and released each year in the UK.
Thank God.
They release pheasants and they spread out for miles…all over the countryside and in the towns, being hit by cars and attacked by dogs.
They’re really not adapted for living in the wild and they compete with our wild birds for food.
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Shoot clays.
Stop swamping the ecosystem with pheasants.
Deer stalker, past gamekeeper here.
Totally agree with the sentiment that this sector does way too much releasing but cheering people losing jobs? I thought we were past that.
The cost of living crisis and we are happy men and women are losing their security? Most keepers I know get a house given with the job and are on 18,000 to 21,000 a year. It’s not a job where you rake it in.
Breeding animals to kill by paying guests isn’t popular and something I think we need to drastically change but these shot birds go to food banks and local authority’s to be dished out. We should be eating alot more wild game in this country (wild I know, rich for pheasants and red legs)
Ignoring the shooting sector, sea bird colonies and many other fragile colonies have been cut down by this disease. I encourage everyone to not pick up dead birds by hand and if they see a bird spasming please report it.
Heard 70k game birds died crossing from ireland the other week on that 40c day. That can’t of helped.
Finally, a Brexit dividend.
Good. It’s loud, obnoxious and cruel.
So Brexit does have some positives!
Oh look, a Brexit benefit!
Mugged yourselves off there, Toffs.
Make it illegal!
Brexit is working.
good to see a positive impact of Brexit.
who cares if less birds are shot
Any chance of Brexit affecting drag hunting in some weird and unexpected way while we’re at it?
Come on people, we need to dig up some positive side effects!
Great news, I hate this type of drive hunting with a passion, it’s detrimental to the whole ecosystem. Birds of prey are shot and poisoned because of their supposed predation of game birds, entire swathes of land are practically a wasteland devoid of native wildlife because of grouse hunting.
Not to mention all the lead shot scattered around poisoning wildlife.
>75% of rural land is managed for shooting of some type including game
Going to need a source for that it looks a load of bs
Oh no, how sad. I’m sure the birds will miss being shot by toffs for no reason. I bet the gamekeepers will still poison birds of prey though, all while claiming to know nothing about how their rat poison ended up in a sheep’s carcass.
They’re always scare mongering about the latest flu it seems. I couldn’t care less about a bungled Brexit anymore, it’s already done, and the plight of international game keepers is essentially meaningless to me. I can’t abide the MSM, whether it’s the Daily Fail or its antipodes.
I’m betting only the Guardian has managed to get all these 3 stories rolled into one headline. Better to just focus on Brexit and the coming apocalypse 🙄 Anyway, joy to the world, la la lala.
Honestly its like they just make this shit up day in and day out WTF.
Are they talking about the coming season? Certainly didn’t notice any shortage this year.
It’s largely due to the relative difficulty of holding firearms here. It controls the number of shots. Bow hunting is common in France where they’ve relatively plentiful quarry.
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What do you call 92 gamekeepers out of a job?
A good start.
Oh no! A bunch of gamekeeper scum who spend their time shooting rare birds of prey and destroying badger dens so some rich twat in tweed has an extra pheasant to shoot are out of work!
​
What a tragedy.
>That means a huge reduction in the 57 million red-legged partridges and pheasants reared and released each year in the UK.
Thank God.
They release pheasants and they spread out for miles…all over the countryside and in the towns, being hit by cars and attacked by dogs.
They’re really not adapted for living in the wild and they compete with our wild birds for food.
​
Shoot clays.
Stop swamping the ecosystem with pheasants.
Deer stalker, past gamekeeper here.
Totally agree with the sentiment that this sector does way too much releasing but cheering people losing jobs? I thought we were past that.
The cost of living crisis and we are happy men and women are losing their security? Most keepers I know get a house given with the job and are on 18,000 to 21,000 a year. It’s not a job where you rake it in.
Breeding animals to kill by paying guests isn’t popular and something I think we need to drastically change but these shot birds go to food banks and local authority’s to be dished out. We should be eating alot more wild game in this country (wild I know, rich for pheasants and red legs)
Ignoring the shooting sector, sea bird colonies and many other fragile colonies have been cut down by this disease. I encourage everyone to not pick up dead birds by hand and if they see a bird spasming please report it.
Heard 70k game birds died crossing from ireland the other week on that 40c day. That can’t of helped.
Finally, a Brexit dividend.
Good. It’s loud, obnoxious and cruel.
So Brexit does have some positives!
Oh look, a Brexit benefit!
Mugged yourselves off there, Toffs.
Make it illegal!
Brexit is working.
good to see a positive impact of Brexit.
who cares if less birds are shot
Any chance of Brexit affecting drag hunting in some weird and unexpected way while we’re at it?
Come on people, we need to dig up some positive side effects!
Great news, I hate this type of drive hunting with a passion, it’s detrimental to the whole ecosystem. Birds of prey are shot and poisoned because of their supposed predation of game birds, entire swathes of land are practically a wasteland devoid of native wildlife because of grouse hunting.
Not to mention all the lead shot scattered around poisoning wildlife.
>75% of rural land is managed for shooting of some type including game
Going to need a source for that it looks a load of bs
Oh no, how sad. I’m sure the birds will miss being shot by toffs for no reason. I bet the gamekeepers will still poison birds of prey though, all while claiming to know nothing about how their rat poison ended up in a sheep’s carcass.
They’re always scare mongering about the latest flu it seems. I couldn’t care less about a bungled Brexit anymore, it’s already done, and the plight of international game keepers is essentially meaningless to me. I can’t abide the MSM, whether it’s the Daily Fail or its antipodes.
I’m betting only the Guardian has managed to get all these 3 stories rolled into one headline. Better to just focus on Brexit and the coming apocalypse 🙄 Anyway, joy to the world, la la lala.
Honestly its like they just make this shit up day in and day out WTF.
Are they talking about the coming season? Certainly didn’t notice any shortage this year.
It’s largely due to the relative difficulty of holding firearms here. It controls the number of shots. Bow hunting is common in France where they’ve relatively plentiful quarry.
Oh no. What a shame!