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Poll: Do you agree that shooting pheasants is good for the countryside?

Poll: Do you agree that shooting pheasants is good for the countryside?

April 7, 2015February 18, 2021 Supertrooper 26 Comments

The UK’s managed shoot industry, which sees millions of pheasants raised and shot every year, has received support from an unexpected quarter. In a blog published on the website of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, its conservation director Martin Harper has praised the role of managed shoots in protecting wildlife. “The contribution […]

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