What Price To Leave Wildlife In Peace.....?

[Blackbriar 8,568]

The T-in-the-Park music festival, in Tayside, is under threat, due to a pair of ospreys nesting on the site. If the chicks don't fledge in time, the whole festival will have to be cancelled, so as not to disturb the birds, costing the local economy an estimated £40 million.

 

The EA recently spent £135,000 to trap, store and 'rehome' 55 water voles, while dredging, to prevent flooding, was carried out on the Somerset Levels. (almost £2,500 per vole - I'm definitely in the wrong business !)

 

Proposals for a £40 billion tidal barrage on the Severn were dropped following objections by RSPB.......the list goes on...and on.

 

Now, I love wildlife as much as the next man, as I'm sure everyone here does, (as long as the next man isn't Brian May !), but where to draw the line?

Has the pendulum swung too far ?

Are there too many animal protection laws and regulations or are they just too rigidly enforced ?

Should human interests take immediate priority ?

And is it right that so much money is being spent on wildlife projects, even when most of us are finding money in very short supply ?

Edited April 8, 2015 by Blackbriar

[Onlyworkmatters 1,584]

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[Accip74 7,112]

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What he said.....

[Born Hunter 17,656]

Where do you draw the line? Any body that dares to try to approach the question rationally gets accused of being a greedy murdering capitalist b*****d. LOL

[sussex 5,776]

Common sense is always a poor second to somebody out to prove their environmental credentials !

[J Darcy 5,871]

It's not wildlife that is the problem, but humans...

[TOPPER 1,809]

its the fact the EA and there bunny hugging ideas caused the somerset levels to flood in the first place and when the dutch lads came over they were made to sign a gagging clause before they started work says it all really

[Lab 10,979]

I bet they leave the nest in time. Whether they manage it themselves is another matter.

[Cleanspade 3,322]

nothing is safe from the human race. we are like a plague of fcukin locust. flattening everything in our wake. scary if you look to hard at it. but as we all know nature is a good leveller and nature will come into play at some point in time. this is the only thing that can stop us. all the money in the world wont save wild things only prolong the inevitable

[waltjnr 6,066]

for f@&ks sake its only a poxy animal ! Sooner they'er all out the way and we've built social housing and trading estates on all that land the better ,thiers a lot of traumatized people in the world who need handouts and a house!

please remember this isnt your country any more,or you would stand up ,defend, and not let it be over run with filth !

[Accip74 7,112]

for f@&ks sake its only a poxy animal ! Sooner they'er all out the way and we've built social housing and trading estates on all that land the better ,thiers a lot of traumatized people in the world who need handouts and a house!

please remember this isnt your country any more,or you would stand up ,defend, and not let it be over run with filth !

Tell those traumatised people to get a fcuking job!!!!

[brookie 1,193]

 

for f@&ks sake its only a poxy animal ! Sooner they'er all out the way and we've built social housing and trading estates on all that land the better ,thiers a lot of traumatized people in the world who need handouts and a house!

please remember this isnt your country any more,or you would stand up ,defend, and not let it be over run with filth !

Tell those traumatised people to get a fcuking job!!!!

 

better still fluck of back where they come from

[waltjnr 6,066]

 

 

for f@&ks sake its only a poxy animal ! Sooner they'er all out the way and we've built social housing and trading estates on all that land the better ,thiers a lot of traumatized people in the world who need handouts and a house!

please remember this isnt your country any more,or you would stand up ,defend, and not let it be over run with filth !

Tell those traumatised people to get a fcuking job!!!!

 

better still fluck of back where they come from

 

better still send them back then nuke the whole scum nations!

[waltjnr 6,066]

just winds me up ,this country is on a downward spiral ,as a white british national im a minority,with no rites ,and expected to take it up the ass!!

[BGD 6,405]

just winds me up ,this country is on a downward spiral ,as a white british national im a minority,with no rites ,and expected to take it up the ass!!

You're not a minority and you have the same rights as everyone else in the country.

 

Oh and the topic is about wildlife not your persecution complex