When most people think of ‘game’ bird shooting they think of wild birds being skilfully shot by a few friends out walking in our beautiful countryside. Birds shot for the pot with minimal impact on wildlife and the environment.
The reality, however, couldn’t be further from this idyllic image of the British countryside. The shooting industry is just that, an industry profiting from industrial scale cruelty in the name of ‘sport’.
Every year tens of millions of game birds are bred on factory farms for the sole purpose of being shot on estates across England and Wales. Snares and traps are set, catching foxes, stoats, crows, badgers, hares, and domestic pets. Birds of prey are killed illegally.
All this to protect the quarry the shooting industry relies upon.
The very birds that are going to be killed anyway – by people who pay just for the pleasure.
No other cruel sport in the UK has such a devastating impact on animals as commercial game bird shooting.
It’s time for change. It’s time to end shooting.
HELP END THE USE OF CAGES FOR BREEDING GAME BIRDS
It’s time for England and Wales to ban breeding game birds in cages. Ask your MP to join the campaign to end this cruel practice.
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