The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

Government Sabotage
Infiltrating the system in order to sabotage it is policy of Marxists & the Lunatic Fringe. Flooding the Somerset Levels helps birds, kills badgers, drives people out of their homes & destroys livings. The RSPB is part of this one.

 

Environment Better With Gamekeepers There
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To protect birds, conservation charities should invest in gamekeepers, not nature reserves
To walk the Pennine Way in the early morning in spring is to enjoy a symphony of the best bird song imaginable. The woodwind crescendo of the curlew, the piccolo refrain of the golden plover, the zither diminuendos of the peewit, even the violin glissandos of the dunlin—moorland waders fill the air with exquisite sound. Yet a walk over other hills—in Wales, the Lake District or Dartmoor—will yield no such result. The reason has almost nothing to do with pesticides, farming, habitat management, legal protection, or even climate change; the usual villains of animal charities. Instead, wading species thrive on Pennine moors because of an unlikely friend: the gamekeeper.
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Game keepers get a grip of foxes, crows and other predators which is good for ground nesting species. The RSPB knows the truth but keeps very quiet about it. NB this comes from Prospect, a left wing propaganda operation.

 

RSPB Spends Three Out Of Four Pounds On Other Things  [   24 October 2014  ]
Political lobbying means talking to politicians, entertaining politicians, spending money on politicians. Do politicians complain? Not a chance. Cold as Charity is not just an expression; it is about a very strong dose of self-interest, remuneration packages, pensions schemes, first class travel et cetera. The supercilious tone is, just like the pretence of moral outrage; a try on.

 

RSPB Says Pheasant Shooting Has Benefits [ 30 March 2015 ]
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Countryside pursuits of game shoots and hunting have divided the nation for years, with animal rights activists and advocates of the gentleman’s sport at constant loggerheads.

But a fresh row has erupted after an unexpected voice weighed into the argument, claiming that pheasant and partridge shoots were actually beneficial to wildlife.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), whose foundations were built on an endeavour to discourage the “wanton destruction of birds”, said the impact of managed shoots could be “very positive”.

Martin Harper, the RSPB’s conservation director, posted a blog on the charity’s website defending aspects of the sport.
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The RSPB is generally against shooting so this is a pleasant surprise. The antis of Rent A Mob are annoyed but they keep very quiet about Friedrich Engels, the co-author of the Communist Manifesto, a man who rode to hounds, keeping very superior company. He might even have qualified as a Capitalist Swine.

 

RSPB accused of ignoring the dying wishes of a widow after she left them 25 acres of land in her will to protect wildlife - which they now want to sell for HOUSING  [ 6 June 2015 ]

 

RSPB Deer Cull Going Wrong [ 8 August 2015 ]
The RSPB starts with good intentions then goes wrong. Keeping deer levels down makes ecological sense. Using solid copper rounds rather than soft nosed lead is less effective. It was certainly illegal too.

 

RSPB Gone Bad Due To Lunatic Fringe [ 1 March 2016 ]
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Controversy as RSPB builds 100m wind turbine despite deadly threat to birds
Critics say energy-saving technology is a threat to rare species already suffering from low numbers The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has completed construction of a 100 metre wind turbine at its headquarters despite warnings they are a deadly danger to some birds and bats.................

 

The Scottish Gamekeepers' Association (SGA) has previously claimed wind turbines are killing killed more birds of prey than deliberate poisoning or shooting.
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The gamekeepers may very well be right. The fact that the RSPB cares more about Global Warming than birds shows that they have been overrun by the Lunatic Fringe.

 

Grouse Shooting & The RSPB
The Countryside Alliance puts a very moderate view.

 

RSPB Denies Blocking Introduction Of Hen Harriers       
Three weeks ago, we told you how correspondence obtained from Defra and Natural England (NE) under the Freedom of Information Act showed unequivocally that the RSPB, through partner organisations in France and Spain, had actively undermined a Government project to reintroduce hen harriers into Southern England by preventing the supply of chicks from those countries. The RSPB has vehemently denied the claims, saying that the decision for France and Spain not to get involved in the reintroduction scheme was "entirely theirs to make", and that the claims "are simply not true".

Do we therefore take it from this that the RSPB is accusing Defra and NE of lying, as according to NE’s Project Manager for the reintroduction programme, the SEO (Spanish Birdlife partner) "were acting on behalf of their friends the RSPB" when they suddenly announced in May 2019 that they were no longer supportive of the project? He went on to add that: "The 11th hour intervention from the SEO had been prompted, and in part worded by the RSPB".

When challenged by NE at the time, the RSPB said that its position remained unchanged: "For the reasons we have rehearsed we do not support the project but nor will we take steps to oppose or brief against it. Therefore, any feed back to the contrary does not represent the position of the organisation. There may have been some miscommunication or misunderstanding". However, from a note provided by Defra, that would appear not to have been the case. "Due to contact by RSPB with conservation groups in France and Spain, NE has been unable to source chicks for the reintroduction. Without chicks the re-introduction cannot go ahead and we can’t stop RSPB".

Martin Harper, the RSPB’s Director of Conservation, has now claimed that the decision by France and Spain not to get involved with the reintroduction "will presumably have been because hen harrier populations are struggling in many parts of Europe because of agricultural intensification and illegal persecution, on top of the fact that the scheme doesn’t meet internationally agreed guidelines". But what exactly are these "internationally agreed guidelines", that the RSPB is now citing for the first time? After all, the RSPB was one of the partners in the Uplands Stakeholder Forum that helped shaped Defra’s Hen Harrier Action Plan, with the Southern reintroduction of hen harriers being a component part of that Plan, and one that is underpinned by the approach to species reintroduction published in Defra’s 25 year Environment Plan.

Before Defra gave its agreement to the Southern reintroduction, the scheme was also subject to a Habitat Regulations Assessment by NE, a Screening Report by the University of Exeter, an assessment of the guidelines from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a Disease Risk Assessment undertaken by the Zoological Society of London, and numerous discussions with partners and stakeholders both at national and local levels. As we know, the RSPB also undertakes bird reintroductions itself, is supportive of other reintroduction programmes around the country, and it defies belief that any "internationally agreed guidelines" could have been overlooked, or only just now come to light. 

This whole issue raises some serious questions. The documents that we have seen make it clear that the RSPB derailed the efforts not just of Government, but also many other organisations that are working to improve the conservation status of our hen harriers. The RSPB’s claims that these documents are simply untrue, and that it is not guilty of any wrongdoing, means that someone either in Defra, NE or the RSPB is deliberately obscuring the truth.

See also RSPB sabotages hen harrier reintroduction