ANIMAL FORUM

>Dear Sirs
>
>Shocking Shooting!
>
>Many readers might be shocked to learn that shooting is taking place
>on and adjacent to reserves that are supposed to be safe havens for
>birdlife.
>
>According to a Pagham Harbour Local Nature Reserve Advisory Report,
>conservation bodies such as the Wildlife Trusts and Royal Society for
>the Protection of Birds have wildfowling tenants on their reserves.
>Examples include Montrose Basin (Scottish Wildlife Trust, Angus),
>Frampton Marsh (RSPB, Lincolnshire), Ouse Washes (RSPB,
>Cambridgeshire), Tetney Marshes (RSPB, Lincolnshire). The RSPB also
>let sporting rights to Langstone & District Wildfowling Association.
>Indeed, the RSPB have shooting tenants on their Abernethy Reserve to
>show that the reserve