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Photo: BirdLifeCyprus. Stop the Cypriot bird slaughter. NGO derides DEFRA U-turn. Gamekeepers have warned that the Government?
S latest U-turn on plans to fund research into the predation of poults by buzzards will leave the birds of prey worse off. DEFRA announced last week that it would not be proceeding with its original research proposals into non-lethal solutions to the problem of buzzards attacking young pheasants, following pressure from organisations including the RSPB.
Although the National Gamekeepers? Organisation (NGO) says that serious damage caused by buzzards is not common, it believes that, where it does occur, losses to gamebirds can reach 30 per cent in exceptional cases. An NGO spokesman said he believed that the Government? Walthamstow Birding. Buzzard Day. Londonbirder /