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    The laws of the land

    Jun 13, 2024 3 minutes

    Dear Freddie,

    ITH THE grouse season approaching, you asked me to tell you about the history behind the game laws for fur, feather and fin. The UK shooting and stalking seasons are carefully regulated to allow quarry species to pair, breed and rear their young in peace, free from human interference. The protected periods are known as the ‘close season’, during which it is illegal to shoot game, wildfowl or deer. Freshwater fish are also protected by a close season, depending onthousands of years, dictated by common sense and self preservation. For centuries, everything that flew, swam or ran formed vital components of the food chain, and people soon realised that killing animals during the breeding season risked reducing populations on which they depended.

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