Thursday 18 May 2023

FROM RAPTOR PERSECUTION UK

RSPB REPEATS CALL FOR A MORATORIUM ON GAME BIRD & DUCK RELEASES TO AVOID CATASTROPHIC SPREAD OF AVIAN FLU.


Last August the RSPB called for an immediate moratorium on the release of birds for shooting, such as pheasants, partridges and ducks, due to the risk of them spreading highly pathogenic avian flu to wild bird populations (see here). DEFRA chose to ignore the call. Now the RSPB is repeating the call, this time to […]

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