Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
yes every effort should be used to secure hen house against predators, equally every effort should be made to counter attack against the predator - shooting being the most "humane" and hunting the least acceptable. Some of the associated rituals of glorifying the kill (eg first blooding) are reprehensible.

There is a need for countryside management and maintaining a balance, but it needs to be done proportionately and not for "fun" - which in any event is not an efficient process anyway
Yay! We agree.