16th October, UK
received anonymously via email:
“We came across a small partridge shooting set-up near to the White Horse in Uffington. The birds were already out, so the best we could do was disperse them as much as possible, and cost the game keeper some time and money.
The open pens were trashed, and the water butt was emptied. The fountain of water was used to soak the seed in the seed butts, which were then emptied. All the feed will have to be replaced, the water butt will need to be refilled, the pens replaced, and the gamekeeper is going to have to play a fun game of finding where else we poked holes, damaged fencing, and caused other damages. Finally, we channelled our inner Theresa May and ran through the fields, chasing hundreds of birds away. Let’s hope as many as possible stay as far away as possible This was a super easy action, and we encourage everyone to do the same on your countryside walks. If you see pheasants, partridges, water butts, small patches of cornfield, and/or blue feeder buckets in a field or patch of woodland, there will be a pen nearby.”
