Don't mention the word 'cull' but RSPB is recruiting now for a 'venison project officer' at site in Lakeland

 

You can run but you can't hide!  'Venison provides exciting opportunity to involve new audiences,' says wildlife charity

WANTED by the RSPB! A 'venison project manager' to be based in one of the most beautiful parts of Britain - Lowther in Cumbria.

It is a three-year contract with a salary of up to £34,377 per annum.

Says the charity: "Deer are part of Cumbria’s natural ecosystem, but their numbers are high and in the absence of natural predators are preventing natural woodland expansion.

"We are therefore looking for a pioneering individual to support professional, compassionate and co-ordinated deer management. 

"The successful  candidate will need a toolbox of skills to work with partners to support deer management.

"The role will oversee processing of carcasses to provide venison products for sale locally, including business planning, routes to market and promotion of venison products.

"Venison should be a local and environmentally sustainable source of high quality protein. 

"At a time when people are becoming more conscious of their consumer habits, venison provides an exciting opportunity to involve new audiences in our habitat restoration vision." 

The RSPB says the successful candidate will be "a disciplined and self-motivated person willing to work in remote locations and in poor weather".

The individual will also "need to be physically fit and able to cover long distances on foot over difficult terrain".

The job advertisement does not use the term 'cull'. Nor is it known if  the chosen candidate will be required to pull the trigger. 

Interviews for the post will start on June 3.

For further information, contact:  Bill.kenmir@rspb.org.uk 

The Wryneck says: Why the need for the RSPB to be so mealy-mouthed? Why cannot it be straightforward and upfront? If it intends to cull deer in order to safeguard and enhance habitat for flycatchers, redstarts and wood warbler, that is a perfectly defensible policy. So why seek to disguise the activity as an initiative to promote venison as if it is some 'exciting' new culinary opportunity. The RSPB would surely retain greater respect if, instead of pussyfooting around issues, it looked them square in the eye.