Manchester Airport calls off its cull of rooks nesting in Dunham Massey Golf Club
MANCHESTER Airport has called off a bird cull in Dunham that was due to take place this week, after an outcry from nature lovers.
Campaigners put up notices at the weekend saying the airport was to carry out a cull of a flock of rooks on Thursday.
The airport claimed the work was necessary because a rookery on Dunham Massey Golf Club course, which is National Trust land, is on a flightpath to the airport.
Campaigners, who claimed the cull was not necessary, set up an on-line petition that was signed by nearly 200 people.
And on Monday the airport announced a u-turn and said it would consult with the community before taking any action.
RSPCA: Lethal litter
Wild birds and animals are suffering and dying due to casually dropped litter and discarded fishing line and hooks. That’s the stark message from the RSPCA in the West Midlands as the charity makes a plea for people to clean up their act.
Not a week goes by without RSPCA officers being called out to rescue birds and animals that are painfully suffering due to the thoughtless actions of litter louts.
Recent casualties have included a dead coot caught in fishing line, a duck with fishing line wrapped around its body and leg, and a baby hedgehog stuck in the wire of a champagne cork.