Rewilding

I guess it’s down to one’s interest that their perceptions are borne. I thought that woman actually made a very valid comment- yesteryears building regulations are not fit for today and certainly not the future. Illustrated by example, point well made. The real dafties choose not to see it that way and twist. It was clear to sensible folk what she was actually advocating. And that’s precisely why the building regs will be amended. Sensible don’t you think!

Oh yes it is part of the rewilding agenda. Every little helps, even the creation of the humble pond in the garden or roadside verge left unmown or the field margins eco manage for song birds and other truly wild creatures all contribute to the big picture. Yes, other more ambitious projects clearly have a place where safe and the healing work has taken place but let’s not kid ourselves, from little acorns mighty oaks are grown. Start small and build bigger where possible and where viable. The latest news about toxic chemicals in our rivers and even upland watersheds is horrific, not to mention human waste in the lower reaches. What have we been thinking about? What have we done?  Rewilding is as much about the cities as it is the moors and mountains, the woods and forrests, the streams and rivers, the coast and sea. All of these habitats are In everyone’s ‘backyard’, they are all connected. Backgardens help but larger areas are also very beneficial too. There’s a awful lot of cleaning up to do, reseeding and rewilding in our habitats to be done. Thankfully the message and action is growing a pace. We humans can live along side and with nature in fact we have to! 

Not only OTT and fantastical but sounds like the death throes of a lost argument to me.
Don’t start me on the ridiculous stance on lead shot pollution and this government’s ludicrous stance when it comes to replacing it with other non toxic materials. Another example of the few who are protective of the huge amount of damage done by the few in our environment in the name of what is called sport. That’s opened a can of poisoned worms I guess. Please note I’m not against shooting as a pastime mind, and some shooters are responsible and have changed their ways and are respectful of wildlife,  habitats and even the rewilding agenda. Some are not and some are actively supporting the illegal eradication of some species in their backyards for their own ends.

You are right in some of this in my opinion but unfortunately it’s that very corporate side of this ‘sport’ that sickens so many. This corporate money keeps those abhorrent shooting estates in their dirty, wasteful and cruel business. The corporate days very often involve those non real countrymen you talk of. Some estates offer corporate days where individuals are introduced to and taught the skills and then an opportunity to experience the blood lust. If it was just us ‘yokels’ doing it solely for our table then there would be no more of those estates as we witness today. The money would disappear and many of the cruel issues and land sterilisation for the propagation of what is almost monocultures would also disappear. The breeding of birds to the gun would all but stop too. Much work to be done in reaching this position mind as many will claim the ‘yokel’ angle to justify keeping the ‘sport’ alive and in an attempt to muddy the waters.