20/10/22 Flytipping, game birds and avian flu, schools visiting farms

Oct 20, 2022 · 13m 44s
20/10/22 Flytipping, game birds and avian flu, schools visiting farms
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MPs say flytipping has in effect been made legal by the government's inability to deal with it. That's the damning verdict of the cross party Public Accounts Committee. The RSPB...

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MPs say flytipping has in effect been made legal by the government's inability to deal with it. That's the damning verdict of the cross party Public Accounts Committee.
The RSPB says gamebirds shouldn't have been released into the wild this year because of bird flu, and that both the Government and the shooting industry should have acted earlier to prevent more spread of the disease.
The shooting industry says about 40% fewer pheasants have been released this year as the area of France where many shoots source eggs has been badly hit by avian flu and so they couldn't be imported. The British Association for Shooting and Conservation says birds raised are checked before they're released.
All this week we're looking at education around farming and for city kids in particular school trips offer a chance to see both farming and the countryside. Farms in Suffolk, Norfolk and Yorkshire are going further by hosting residential trips for children inner city areas.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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