18/06/2019
The
legality of a recent controversial cull of some 60 birds at Caerphilly Castle,
Gwent, has been questioned by members of the House of Commons. Cadw – the
Historic Environment division of the Welsh Government – executed the cull on 14
May under general licences issued by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the same
type that has recently been withdrawn in England. Cadw has since suspended any
future culls.
Among the
birds shot were Feral Rock
Doves that had previously been in the care of Caerphilly Bird
Rescue, before being released back into the wild. Legal experts in the House of
Commons have questioned the cull's legality and Hefin David – a Welsh
Government Assembly Member – has raised a number of legal questions with NRW.
Mr David
said he had been reassured by Dafydd-Elis Thomas, the Welsh Government's Deputy
Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism and Member of Parliament of the United
Kingdom, that Cadw has "suspended" further culls at
Caerphilly Castle and that a review of the policy was underway, with Mr Thomas
saying: "Many people in Caerphilly have expressed their outrage at what
has happened in the Castle.
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