Press release

Government to cull magpies: myths busted

皇冠体育app Government are not culling magpies or crows.

From:
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Published
31 January 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

皇冠体育app Myth: 皇冠体育app Sunday Times reported that the Government is looking to cull vast numbers of magpies and crows because they are to blame for the decline of songbirds.

皇冠体育app Truth: 皇冠体育app Government are not culling magpies or crows. 聽We are aware that songbirds are in decline and the best way to protect these birds is to provide the right habitat for them. That鈥檚 exactly what agri-environment schemes, such as Environmental Stewardship, aim to deliver.

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Published 31 January 2011