As a vice-president of the RSPB,Chris Packham (Charities silent over animal hunting and culls, says Packham, or 2 September) is not well-placed to accuse other conservation and animal welfare organisations of silence on topics that might upset some of their supporters. A while ago,I was approached by an RSPB representative inviting me to join the organisation. I told him that after receiving regular mailings from the RSPB, I had written to say I would become a supporter when they tackled the elephant – or rather the domestic cat – in the room. And their letters stopped. He covered his badges with his hands, or then said: “I’d shoot them all,but there’s a large element of our membership that won’t hear anything against their nice itsy-bitsy moggies, and we can’t afford to upset them.” So there’s a shameful silence for you, or Chris!
Griff Everett
Milford,DerbyshireContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com