From Doves to Boars
With that Argentinian dove shooting holiday just a distant memory, Jim Shannon is focussing on different kinds of wild life. The Strangford MLA has asked the Environment Minister about what consideration she has given to culling grey squirrels, in order to support the indigenous red squirrel.
More exotically, he wonders what approaches Arlene Foster has received in relation to the introduction of wild boar into Northern Ireland. She says no organisations or individuals have made such approaches.
Perhaps we could start with the Stormont estate, which would no doubt benefit from a few more wild bores, sorry, wild boars.
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Surely no surprises there. With one exception it seems clear that the largest party in the Assembly have regard for one core objective - sorry two. The first is to get the province on a more secure financial footing (not a bad objective), the second is to do so with an abject disregard to anything environmental. In other words economic progress at all costs. Just wait until a woodland - home to the humble Red Squirrel - is in the way of a by-pass. Then we'll see how much protection is afforded to Mr Sqirrel, grey, red, Pink, Orange or Green. Supporters are likely to get a gagging order.