Release of Pheasants and Red Legged Partridge – Right of Reply!
By Mike Lawrence – Professional Chef, Environmentalist Interesting article. The number does not completely surprise me. Having some close ties with a number of farmers, I have witnessed many farmers jumping on the game shooting band wagon over the years, in fact I don’t know many farms that don’t. I can only imagine because it’s…
The Release of Pheasant and Red Legged Partridge
Upwards of 60million game birds are released for shooting each year in the UK – what impact on the environment? The RSPB and the British Trust for Ornithology recently reported that in 2016 an estimated 47million Pheasants and 10 million Red Legged Partridge were released in the autumn. At the time of release the biomass…