THE BLOODY KILLING GOES ON

THE BLOODY KILLING GOES ON The Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust posted this morning & I quote “The Glorious 12th - prospects for the coming season and why this is important” It is full post with dates and locations where the killings can take place . Obviously I don’t agree! This poem I wrote in 2016 and the words are still relevant today — sadly. The Twelfth? Never! rapid upward flight crack crash-crack suddenly changes into a fast whirling out-of-control plunge crack crash-crack dead or worse still only dying bombs into the eco-system that nurtured it. To allow a feather to break free from the body that was its life crack crash-crack they hear the call of death once more filling the skies with harmed and harmless birds with toxic lead shot with death echo after echo reverberates the vision stays the guns go silent the dogs begin their work