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Rearing and Shooting of Pheasant in Wales (PESTLE) -…
Rearing and Shooting of Pheasant in Wales (PESTLE)
ECONOMIC
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One of the economic factors centering on the introduction of the licensing proposals is that the stricter regulation of pheasant and partridge shooting in Wales and could cost jobs in rural communities which is a factor supported by the article from Aim to Sustain (2023)
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In contrast the opposing argument in favour of banning the shooting of the birds is the Vegan FA (2023) who report that the pheasants are released onto paying shoots to be killed however the paying shooters themselves have not idea of the risks involved yet “only 6% of the birds reared make it into the food chain” (Vegan FTA, 2023)
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The article by Shoot Hub discusses key savings on the costs. He highlights that labour costs are greatest and one of the easiest to reduce. It does link this to environmental factors when it states that good conservation will go hand in hand with economic land use.
S0CIAL - All five articles cite elements of social ethical arguments either for or against the rearing of pheasants in Wales and their opinion on the introduction of licensing and regulation proposals. The key argument centres on the fact that ethical questions are raised over the fact that of all the pheasants released for shooting do not all end up being shot which can result in wastage, and in turn impact on economic and environmental factors.
SOCIAL
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My first article by the Vegan FA (2023) puts forward a strong moral and ethical argument against the shooting of reared pheasants. Its ethical argument centres on how pheasants are one of the most hunted birds, bred on factory farms, and then released to be killed by paying shoots. Its highly emotive stance is supported by the statistics stating that 40% of the birds are left wounded and die slowly rather than shot as intended.
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This is in contrast to my fifth article by Aim to Sustain (2023) who want a supportive and united game shooting community which has a bias because they are against the NSW licensing proposals. They think that the proposals threaten the future of shooting in Wales. The argument for the rearing of the birds is further supported by my fourth article in Shoot Hub (2024) by promoting the sport through their website as it helps to give advice to shooters and promotes funding through advertising shooting companies,
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My third article by the RSPB (2023) is presenting the ethical argument in a less biassed fashion as it presents both the pros and cons of large numbers of game birds every September for partridges and October for pheasants into the countryside for the shooting season. Their primary concern is the large scale shoots which tend to release high densities of game birds,
LEGAL
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Aim to Sustain are against the current proposals claiming that this is “another episode of Cardiff against the Countryside” and that the Welsh Government has a particular prejudice against shooting, Aim to sustain believe in effective self regulation not bureaucratic and restrictive legislation, The NRW report indicates they would like to make it illegal to introduce partridges and pheasants without permission and those being released onto sites of scientific interest requiring a licence manage to avoid the strict animal welfare regulations.
ENVIRONMENTAL
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The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (2024) provides information on the fate of the birds both before and after release to shoots. They also comment that the environmental management of the land is improved following game management resulting in woodlands becoming better places for wildlife with game managed woodlands although they also report that where pheasants are kept in pens it can affect the ground flora inside the pens.. They recommend using the Code of Good Shooting practice to prevent this.
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Aim to sustain(2023) help to protect and promote game shooting and associated wildlife habitats in the UK. However, they are keen to promote sustainability and environmental balance including animal welfare The RSPB supports these proposals. This organisation would have an agenda as they are responsible for the conservation and protection of birds for the wider environment. They believe in regulation and better enforcement to combat the current climate and nature crisis. They also reported that disease and accidental death killed around 10% with only 3 out of the 486 tagged birds killed by raptors. The report said that at the end of the season only 16% survived with 30.5% shot within the estate most predation was due to foxes, 37.5 % of pheasants were shot (on or off) the estate and that only 16% of released pheasants survived until after the shooting season natural ecosystems that has negative ecological consequences and can threaten the native wildlife and pollute the environment by spreading toxic lead metal from the shooter's guns.
TECHNOLOGICAL
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The article by Shoot Hub (2024) helps to provide information to shooters and rearing communities so it provides a video on how the new rearing hatch system works, with night shelter and double brooder. It also highlights how computer systems can be used to help advise the farmers when birds are ready to be released.
POLITICAL
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The political argument around pheasant rearing centres on the plan that the Welsh Government want to ban pheasant and partridge shooting unless they have a licence.
Aim to sustain (2023) report on the responses to the NRW licensing proposal. They think that these proposals will threaten the future shooting in Wales. The report confirms that the NRW have said that due to the volume of replies they need over a year to consider them. Aim to sustain partner organisations have helped to raise awareness of the importance to feed into the consultation period. It is clear from the article that a political difference is arising between the farmers and organisations supporting them who feel that the Labour government is against commercial game shooting or breeding of game birds
