Saturday, 23 April 2022

How to Deal With Wildlife Crime: Just 'Rebrand' the Police Team?

The saga of the protected White-tailed eagle, found poisoned on a Dorset estate, continues to raise eyebrows (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/22/disbanding-of-dorset-wildlife-team-puts-birds-pray-at-risk). Dorset police's Wildlife Crime Team is now to be 'rebranded', with all references to wildlife, removed. Some involved folk strongly suspect that pressure from prominent landowners and a local politician has produced this 'change of focus'. They are rightly concerned that this example could be followed elsewhere, in spite of government claims to have concerns for environmental issues. Perhaps we should note the misspelling, in the above link, and simply 'pray' for birds of prey? It's coming to something, however, when illegal acts will not get investigated, by the police service!

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