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RAP FOR RSPB FROM ITS FORMER CONSERVATION CHIEF
FORMER RSPB executive Mark Avery is urging the charity to speak out on a campaign for the ban of lead ammunition - which is toxic - on all European wetlands.
So far, both the society and the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust have been less than conspicuous in the initiative which is being spearheaded by BirdLife International.
In a blog posted earlier this week, Dr Avery - who was conservation director at the RSPB for almost 13 years - takes both organisations to task for failing to promote the campaign.
He writes: “I am getting a bit cheesed off with NGOs that want members’ and supporters’ money but don’t seem to mobilise those same members in favour of nature.
“It’s almost as though the RSPB regards us as a million chequebooks for them rather than a million voices for nature. Not good enough!
“And, for heavens sake, if WWT, is not busting a gut to get a poison banned from use in wetlands then who should be. Not remotely good enough!”
He ends: “But well done BirdLife International!”
* Dr Avery’s blog is at: markavery.info
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