INSPIRED BY ROB POWNALL OF PROTECT THE WILD AND JOURNALIST TOM ANDERSON

THANKS TO ROB POWNALL OF PROTECT THE WILD AND TO TOM ANDERSON, A JOURNALIST, WRITNG A GUEST BLOG FOR ROB AND WHICH PROMPTED ME TO WRITE THIS PIECE. I have been minded for far too long to create my own thoughts into words about the unfair hypocritical world in which we have no choice but to live and exist. I have blogged for years — copy and paste — the clear and brave writing of many writers and activists who are too many to mention. Selecting one or so names would be unfair to the plethora of others. I am maddened about the debate on fox hunters, the sham of ‘trail hunting’, of terriermen and cubbing. But it all goes much further than that. We can bellow about any form of hunting where the object is to kill, to let the hounds at man’s behest to rip apart a living mammal. Why, I ask? I fail to understand and do not accept that tradition and custom are allowed to over-ride the urge to needlessly kill. At ground level, on the same turf, where a iconic brown hare has its home we can only crane our necks to look up, to keep on looking up, at the hierarchical pyramid of power. I stepped outside during writing the previous lines to glance at the moon. The old lady was lying on her back which would mean that it would be a dry quarter. No rain so the country folk could get on with their work. It’s a bloody myth of course but harmlessly so compared with the myth that is perpetuated by The Royal Family where our King is our leader and also a hunting shooting fishing man. There is no denying that because it has been well documented. Today, I read and copied an eleven page document written by Tom Anderson, a journalist, who created this post for Protect the Wild. The heading reads ‘King Charles’ new ‘Finding Harmony’ documentary is deeply hypocritical.’ I urge everyone to read these pages as it directly and succinctly gets to the core of problem where wildlife is the ‘plaything’ of the powerful. The simple fact that it was seen as an important matter to create a vision that our King feels the need to be in harmony with the natural world Is ridiculous. He needs to be in harmony with us and not hiding behind power, tradition and deceit. You an see all on Amazon Prime where Kate Winslett — a well know face to cinema goers — was required to give it some relevance to us — the ‘common people’ who have been too long subjugated.