UK: Anger as Royal Society for the Protection of Birds allows bird shoots on its land

Britain’s foremost bird charity has been branded “disgusting” - for allowing ducks and geese to be shot on one of its nature reserves.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) hands out shooting licences on its land at Langstone Harbour, near Portsmouth, Hampshire - where wildfowlers kill up to ten birds a day for sport.

The shooting has been allowed since 1979 but was revealed publicly only when a pellet-riddled duck carcass was found by a walker.

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Tagged as: Birds, Ducks, Geese, Hunting, Roya Society for the Protection of Birds, UK

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