Half of the 35 million birds released every year by shooting estates come from breeding birds factory farmed on the continent. Picture: Anthony Chappel-Ross
THE pheasant shooting season is now underway.
But please don’t be fooled by starry-eyed descriptions of happy birds roaming freely before being shot ‘for the pot’.
Half of the 35 million birds released every year by shooting estates come from breeding birds factory farmed on the continent.
Dr Toni Shephard, League Against Cruel Sports
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