Alan Hill.
2008-01-14 08:53:12 UTC
Shoots fury of twitchers
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Bird lovers have blasted a royal charity for allowing ducks and geese
to be shot on its nature reserve.
The RSPB hands out licences to wildfowlers who can kill up to 10 birds
a day between September and January on marshland at Langstone harbour
near Portsmouth, Hants.
Conservationist Robert Hill, 43, who found a dead widgeon duck covered
in pellet wounds, said: "I think it's disgusting."
But warden Chris Cockburn said: "If wildfowling was banned we would
get poaching and that would be disastrous for the bird populations."
http://tinyurl.com/yryxt9
Bird lovers have blasted a royal charity for allowing ducks and geese
to be shot on its nature reserve.
The RSPB hands out licences to wildfowlers who can kill up to 10 birds
a day between September and January on marshland at Langstone harbour
near Portsmouth, Hants.
Conservationist Robert Hill, 43, who found a dead widgeon duck covered
in pellet wounds, said: "I think it's disgusting."
But warden Chris Cockburn said: "If wildfowling was banned we would
get poaching and that would be disastrous for the bird populations."