As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Friday, 13 March 2015

Could shooting save endangered wildlife?

The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust say introducing game shoots to the island could help protect rare birds from extinction.

Experts say a focus on intensive farming threatens biodiversity and a managed system of game shooting could help.

But there are concerns regular shoots just wouldn't be practical.

"Jersey is very very small so it would be difficult to organise large scale hunts safely and there's not many places in Jersey that are far enough away from a public road or a public place where people with shot guns can in large numbers be shooting.

Saying that people do shoot safely and I'm not aware of any shot gun accidents for a long long time, so it is not out of the question and if it would encourage better management of the countryside it might well be a way forward." – JOHN PINEL, PRINCIPAL ECOLOGIST

Experts say by shooting game birds like pheasants and Grouse, songbirds like the Thrush could thrive.

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