Heritage proposals 'a farce'
LETTER: It is unbelievable that during the early part of 2009, the Government's conservation watchdog, Natural England, will ask its board to consider making rewilding part of its formal policy for protecting our natural heritage.
It is unbelievable that during the early part of 2009, the Government's conservation watchdog, Natural England, will ask its board to consider making rewilding part of its formal policy for protecting our natural heritage.
Therefore it truly begs the question as to what depths of hypocrisy and confusion will this so-called government watchdog stoop to?
A spokesperson for Natural England has stated that "Rewilding is an idea whose time had come. For a long time conservation has been fighting a rearguard battle, simply trying to save species threatened with extinction and reduce the damage caused by humans".
How on earth can they talk about re-stocking parts of the UK with lynx, wolves, beaver, elk, bear etc and reducing the damage caused by humans?
This is when acres upon acres of beautiful and irreplaceable countryside in the UK have been, and are to be, given over to industrialisation by monstrous and ineffective wind farms.
These are, without doubt, a blot on the landscape and a confidence trick in the claimed saving of CO2 emissions at our expense.
I know the pantomime season is upon us, and it can be infectious, but this is ridiculous.
Dave Haskell
Pembrokeshire
