RSPB involved in Crow cull

[Catherine]

The RSPB is the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 

https://www.rspb.org.uk/

They are a large charity that is dedicated to preserving nature, in particular birds of different kinds.
Certainly they are focusing on the Eurasian Curlew. In doing that they have decided to cull the crow population.
They are trapping and killing crows and have even hired game keepers to do the killing.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08...crow-cull/

I can understand why members have quit. They would feel betrayed. They joined an organization dedicated to birds only to find out that the organization has chosen to kill certain birds. 

I don't know how you sort out the well being of one species over another, but any solution that begins with a cull is not a good one. For one thing, Larsen traps are cruel.
Also if crows are considered a predator, usually the presence of predators stabilizes populations in an area and keeps them healthy. I question whether killing crows is going to give the results they want. Ecosystems are much more complex that the relationship of just two species. They might make things much worse for the curlew by killing the crows. They don't really know.

It isn't right for a charity dedicated to bird welfare to kill birds and it is an ill-advised course of action.
I hope they listen to their members and rethink what they are doing.

I just came across another relevant article.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/07...ly-robust/

I am glad someone is looking at things in the correct light.