Have a read of the latest news on general licences, it's all in the blog link below.
"General licences are used by statutory agencies to authorise the killing of what might be called ‘pest’ species – although we object to that as a blanket term."
"we’d like to see House Sparrow and Starling removed from the Northern Ireland list as they have been from those of other UK nations. We’re pretty unconvinced of the necessity of having general licences which authorise the killing of Magpies or Jackdaws, in particular, to protect crops or livestock."
The link below is to Wild Justice Blog where they compare the current general licences across the UK.
You'll all know that House Sparrows are red listed, as are Starlings and yet they are both included in two of Northern Ireland's licences!
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