Whatever your views may be on the ethics of releasing birds for shooting, it is an extremely widespread practice that has implications for the avifauna of widely dispersed geographical areas. We have heard it claimed that, with the UK population of Grey Partridge Perdix perdix having suffered a decline of some 82% in the last 25 years, the rearing and release of the species will assist the declini
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