UK consults on adding ring-necked parakeets to quarry list
Briefing by News4U · First published
The Guardian reports the UK government opened a consultation on adding ring-necked parakeets to the quarry list, allowing public shooting without justification. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation proposed the addition. Current law already permits landowners to kill the birds to protect crops or wildlife when non-lethal methods fail, but quarry status would remove those requirements. [1]
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