MAN THE 'SUPREME' PREDATOR.

MAN THE ‘SUPREME’ PREDATOR
August heralds the day of the IngloriousTwelfth. In a quaint twist of fate game birds cannot be shot on a Sunday and this one day's reprieve saw the killing commence one day later.

On Saturday 12th The Guardian Newspaper carried an article by Dr. Mark Avery and led with the heading:
Grouse Shooting: half a million reasons why time is up for this appalling ‘sport’.

How can this still be called a sport? It is not a game, there is no ball and two teams do not compete. It is archaic and using the term ‘sport’ has been intended to imply fairness. There is nothing fair about shooting at anything that has no defence.

Also contained in the article by Dr. Mark Avery are these lines. “Some 500,000 birds will have been shot by the end of another inglorious season as a select few continue to trample on the interests of the rest of us.”

It is so well said and the full article is stacked full information.

I started with a reference to ‘man as the supreme predator’. There are elements within our society that have the power, the mentality and the will to destroy. They will eradicate everything that does not support their chosen species. Natures predators are trapped indiscriminately because they are seen as a threat to grouse and pheasants. There is no natural balance, either with habitat, or diversity of wildlife. Areas that have ‘re-wilded’ can show what can be achieved.

There is slaughter in the name of a so called ‘sport’ and the slaughter of natural species of birds and mammals. The culprits are those with power, money and influence and that is criminal.

The killing has to stop.