Barry O'Donoghue explains the important role that people
involved in gun clubs etc. can play in the conservation of threatened birds
such as the Hen Harrier, Red Grouse, Curlew and other ground nesting species,
by controlling what have become inflated predator numbers, particularly Fox,
Mink and Hooded Crow.
The article is seen as a positive step towards fostering
good relations between the shooting fraternity in Ireland and birds of prey.
Relations between raptors and guns in Britain where private shooting estates
are to the fore are often frayed, but Ireland is a very different country. The
article has been received very well among the Irish Shooter's Digest readership
and already sightings of Hen Harriers by those who stalk wetland areas in the
winter evenings have come in.
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