Deer Cull Protests

Not here, but in Leighton Moss, Lancashire. Not here yet anyway, but the same thing is happening.

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/leighton-moss-nature-reserve-rspb-locks-horns-with-deer-lovers-over-cull-10029967.html

Over there also it's the RSPB who are behind the plan to shoot deer. There may not be crocodiles in the moss but the tears shed by RSPB officers suggest there could be.

"It’s a very difficult decision for a conservation organisation to have to make, but we have a responsibility to manage the reserve for all wildlife and it is our duty of care to manage it properly,"

 Hmm, all wildlife?

Now we're getting the same issue here on the Eastern Moors. I've already listed some of the questions that need to be asked.

But I dispute the claim that they are managing the site for 'all wildlife'. That is not what the conservation industry does. It selects certain species and concentrates its resources on them. They are constantly thinking of ways to discourage a wider range of wildlife. Everything is about birds and especially ground-nesting birds. And that means predators have to be dealt with and habitats have to be managed even if it means killing other wildlife; this is entirely contrary to a properly balanced ecosystem. Sometimes it's birch trees or beech trees that have to submit to human will and sometimes it's foxes or deer.

That is what conservation has become: institutional meddling and playing God - with rifles and chain-saws.

Even if you were to accept their species-ism agenda driven by the box ticking of biodiversity action plans  it does not have to go down the Einsatzgruppen route. A more moderate approach would focus on the movement and behaviour of the deer. Creative thinking is called for: how do you ensure they keep moving around, as they would if serious predators were in the area.