The RSPB says there is “genuine concern” over the bird flu outbreak, as conservationists call on the government to do more to tackle the spread of disease.
11 Jul 2022
Conservation charities are calling on the government to take urgent action on bird flu. Image: RSPB Scotland
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In 1993, when Helen Moncrieff was a young schoolgirl in Shetland, an oil tanker ran aground and spilled 85,000 tonnes of crude oil onto Quendale Bay.
Moncrieff, now the Shetland Islands manager for the RSPB, spent days picking up the carcasses of birds, and remembers the feeling of “total helplessness” that overwhelmed her as she did it.
In recent weeks that feeling has crept back again, only this time, “it’s much worse”.
Over the last few months, across Scotland’s islands and coastlines, seabirds have…
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Exposing the Big Game 
I think this was something that was completely unprepared for. And when you add in hunting being accommodated uber alles, and managing wildlife populations right to the edge anyway, then it’s really scary.
And humans are predicted to number 8 billion by this November. Truly frightening.
They could certainly afford to lose a few, if and when it jumps the species barrier again…