Conservation Extremism and Barbarity
The sickening sight of mutilated carcasses piled in a field
following the helicopter herded slaughter of 600 deer at
Glenfeshie Estate in Scotland is representative of current
conservation fascist principles where it is no longer enough
to plant trees or protect rare species without cruelly
butchering wildlife that is competing for the same habitat.
This philosophy, driven by political dogma and a desire for
a national environmental identity, is only one short step
away from the intolerant fanaticism of those who perpetrate
ethnic cleansing against human populations.
Conservation has now become synonymous with extremism and it
is time the public condemned such cruelty by withdrawing
support from the uncharitable charities that advocate and
encourage such barbarity.
So which charities advocate and encourage this killing and
which ones should you consider boycotting?
The following paragraph was part of a letter sent some time
ago to Ross Finnie, MSP, Minister for the Environment and
Rural Development:
"We point out to the Minister that populations of deer in
Scotland are at record levels and, according to the Deer
Commission, red deer numbers are still increasing in most
areas. The impact on the natural environment of the current
high populations has been a major concern for many years
with repeated requests from environmental organisations and
others for higher culls and population reductions. A major
drop in deer culls in the coming season would result in a
further sharp rise in populations."
The letter was signed on behalf of
The John Muir Trust, National Trust for Scotland, Royal
Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland, Ramblers
Association Scotland, Woodland Trust Scotland, Millennium
Forest for Scotland Trust, and WWF Scotland.
Conservationists would have us believe that it is necessary
to reduce deer numbers to an acceptable population level
that doesn't cause ecological damage. When asked why the
population has increased so rapidly, they tell us that deer
reproduce prolifically and that there are no large
predators, namely the wolf, left to control their numbers.
On the face of it, that seems a reasonable explanation but
it is more of a plausible excuse for hunters to enjoy their
grizzly fun and conservationists to employ them to hunt in
almost exactly the same way under the more respectable guise
of culling.
There is no doubt that wolves were predators of deer, but
not for a very long time. The last wolf was killed in the UK
around 1750, more than 250 years ago, and their numbers were
in serious decline for many decades before that. So it is
reasonable to assume that wolves have had little impact on
deer for the past 300 - 350 years. With that in mind one
could be excused for thinking that deer numbers would have
escalated at an enormous rate over that period. But it is
only in the last 50-60 years that their numbers have
increased significantly, coinciding with a thriving hunting
industry and reforestation that provides shelter.
So is there a connection? Of course there is!
To understand the whole sorry mess, one must examine the
structure and covert allegiances between hunters and
conservationists who form alliances within "deer management
groups" that are overseen by the Deer Commission to maintain
an artificially high deer population to satisfy the
requirements of hunting estates. But as deer know no
boundaries, the population expands to other areas unchecked,
where they can damage unprotected saplings, ground flora and
ground nesting habitats.
This is when the deceit of the conservationists comes to the
fore. Having supped with the hunters, they now tell us they
need to cull deer to reduce the increase in population that
the hunters were responsible for in the first place. The
horrid cycle continues year after year.
Why don't the conservationists abandon their hunting cronies
and oppose the real reason for the deer population increase?
Not a chance - it's all about money. The government via the
Deer Commission wishes to maintain the hunting industry for
tourism and the conservationists depend on government grants
via the Forestry Authority to plant their trees etc.
The fake conservationists won't bite the hand that feeds
them and the deer are the losers as can be seen by the
Butchery of Glenfeshie.
Angus Macmillan www.con-servation.org.uk The website that
exposes the CON in CONservation.