Oh dear. Comments made by the spokesman of the National Gamekeepers Organisation (NGO) this week reveal a spectacular mis-judgement of public opinion.
Writing on the official NGO blog, spokesman Alasdair Mitchell writes in support of Sheriff Drummond’s outrageous remarks at the recent police wildlife crime conference, and suggests that the illegal persecution of raptors is no big deal, nothing more than “dissing a buzzard”. http://www.nationalgamekeepers.org.uk/blog/
And this comes in the same month that the National Gamekeepers Organisation decided to join PAW! Why bother? PAW is ‘supposedly’ about a working partnership to deal with addressing the horrors of wildlife crime, not dismissing it as an irrelevancy. Could it be that the NGO joined PAW as a public relations stunt, in light of the increasing public anger about raptor persecution and other wildlife crime? http://www.nationalgamekeepers.org.uk/news/51/
He also seems unable to cope with the concept that a woman might have achieved academic success. If ever there was evidence that gamekeepers’ views are firmly entrenched in the Victorian era, this is it! Hey Mr Mitchell, guess what – women can also vote now, too! Welcome to the 21st century! I wonder if he has such a problem with people’s hereditary titles, like for example, Lord Barnard, who is hosting this year’s NGO Golden Grouse clay shoot? I think he must do, because otherwise that would make Mr Mitchell a hypocrite.
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