http://wwspb.forumotion.com/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-f3/-t1.htm Primarily this group was set up in order to address the fact that we are losing song birds due to gross mismanagement by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) we have seen a catastrophic decline in our native British song bird populations in the last three decades, the latest such casualty being the essentially 'British' cuckoo which has now been added to the endangered list. The major cause of this decline has been the overpopulation of the sparrow hawk, goshawk and peregrine falcon, permitted by the protection policy of the RSPB together with its persistent 'seeding' of peregrines in major cities throughout the country. These birds have no natural predator other than man, and must be controlled to protect our songbirds. We therefore ask the government, the RSPB and its Patroness her majesty the Queen to remove these predators from the endangered lists. NB. Parliament's Private Member's Bill of 1954 (Lady Tweedsmuir) promised to lift protection of these raptors after five years. That promise has been reneged on for well over fifty years now.This will be handed to the prime minister and the Patron of the R.S.P.B and R.P.R.A her Majesty the Queen Please sign this petition if you want to support their causehttp://www.ipetitions.com/petition/SAPBSBS/ Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:21:55 GMT 10 http://i85.servimg.com/u/f85/14/05/55/70/eagle_11.jpg http://wwspb.forumotion.com/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-f3/-t1.htm http://wwspb.forumotion.com/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-f3/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-t1.htm ferret why are the powers of the pigeon unions not fighting the fanciers corner by petitioning the powers to be over this issue ,in my opinion by focusing on the song birds ,we as fanciers are not fighting our corner ,


looking forward to some great posts .


good luck duncan with the new site :D]]> Save And Protect British Song Birds Society Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:05:39 GMT http://wwspb.forumotion.com/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-f3/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-t1.htm#1 http://wwspb.forumotion.com/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-f3/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-t1.htm http://wwspb.forumotion.com/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-f3/feral-pigeons-t2.htm ferret should the pigeon unions help clean up the image of our towns and cities by removing some of the feral pigeons or as joe public knows them as flying rats.im sure many of the public would be more sympathetic to our great racing pigeons if many feral pigeons where removed ,instead of councils employing peregrines to remove feral pigeons.and the rspb claiming another victory helping the feral pigeon population moving on. Save And Protect British Song Birds Society Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:21:55 GMT http://wwspb.forumotion.com/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-f3/feral-pigeons-t2.htm#2 http://wwspb.forumotion.com/save-and-protect-british-song-birds-society-f3/feral-pigeons-t2.htm