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Daily Telegraph claim that wildlife laws will be relaxed

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp myth: »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Daily Telegraph reported that the Law Commission’s review of wildlife legislation will lead to changes that: Make it easierâ€�

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»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp myth: »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp Daily Telegraph reported that the Law Commission’s review of wildlife legislation will lead to changes that:

  • Make it easier to cull grey squirrels, muntjac deer and badgers.
  • Prevent the public appealing against the cull of certain species, like badgers.
  • Mean emergency licences could be introduced to allow the killing of certain animals such as cormorants and buzzards.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp truth: »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp review will not change the levels of protection currently offered to wildlife.  It will look at making some of the complex wildlife laws easier to understand and follow.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp proposals would not lessen the ability of the general public to challenge decisions.

Emergency listing (referred to in the piece as licences) are to help control invasive non-native species that cost the British economy £1.7 billion a year, not native species such as buzzards and cormorants.

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Published 23 August 2012