The bloody truth about conservation: we need to talk about killing | Mary Colwell

A civilised debate on predator control is the first step towards protecting Britain's ever declining number of wild speciesEverything eats to live, but some creatures compete with human interests. They eat our crops and livestock, attack the wildlife that we want to protect, or the game that we want to shoot. The most common predators we routinely cull are foxes and crows followed by stoats, weasels, magpies and rooks. But other species protected by law are increasingly under the spotlight - including ravens, buzzards and badgers. Related: Golden eagle suspected of being killed and dumped at sea near Edinburgh Continue reading...