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Phonebox Magazine 5
Dear Sir/Madam
I've just been reading in the
Phonebox the piece that Tony Evans
unkindly wrote about the Market
Traders not working the first
Thursday of the new year.
I've lived in the Olney area all my life
(61 years) and I've never seen much
market on the first week of the new
year. I don't think there is a problem
as these lovely people work hard
every week of the year in all weathers
and I don't consider them letting
anyone down. It's a bit like saying
they don't deserve a break.
I noticed that Tony Evans wasn't on
the Market Place this week (4th Feb)
selling his raffle tickets for the
`Pancake Race'. What's the matter
Tony? Afraid of the cold or the
earache you will get from the
traders?
All business is quiet after Christmas,
including turkey and chicken farmers.
This kind of statement could affect
your status in life.
Yours sincerely
Local Resident
(Name and address supplied)
Dear Editor
I would like to take this opportunity to respond to the latest letter from J.B. of Olney regarding the
shooting near Emberton Park.
Firstly may I say how pleased I was to read that you now agree with the shooting of wild birds as a
sustainable and ethical source of food.
Now to address the main points of your last letter, "targeting of birds whilst within the confines of
the park." For the purpose of this argument we are referring to "birds" as ducks and geese or to
use their collective name "wildfowl". The clue is in the word...wild. These birds are wild they are not
the property of any one person and are free to go where they please. Emberton Park provides
shelter for them when they land. However when they fly out of the park they become legal quarry
for anyone with the appropriate permission and licences. As birds are shot in flight it is impossible
to target a bird within the confines of anywhere let alone the park.
Most people that shoot go to great lengths to ensure they are safe within their sport. This entails
following best codes of practice for shooting, training days and education. When out shooting and
a member of the public is within view I would expect anyone shooting to unload their gun, put it in
its slip out of view and if possible talk to the walker and tell them what they are doing.
In your letter you say, "Those that conserve also have the right to destroy." To back your argument
you say if you fight to save the rain forests you have the right to chop down the trees. An excellent
point but put into context this would be equivalent to planting one million trees and cutting down
one, is this destruction...? No! Its conservation. There is also an extreme example of conservation
where a whole species of wildfowl is protected and can only be killed and eaten by one person...yes
her majesty and her swans.
You state the case of Peter Scott who became a knight after his conservation work with the wildfowl
and wetlands trust. I too am a compassionate and sympathetic person who does not want to see
suffering to any animal. Animal welfare is very important to me but I believe a greater deal of
attention should be given to charities and organisations that help children and others who are
suffering from whatever means. If only people like J.B. of Olney could channel some of their efforts
into these worthy causes.
Yours sincerely
A. Gunn, Ransen
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