Thanks to all involved in highlighting this, it has been going on for years on the grounds of protecting the moor for grouse. Would encourage everyone to thumbs up this video and share where you can, this will push it up the suggested video rank from youtube and help spread the message. Puiblic pressure is the only thing that will stop this.
I,m afraid that part is a lie the hares are culled,the same as deer and the grazing is limited and there are areas that have to be protected as they are SSSI,s and the numbers culled are dictated by SNH fact.
Looking at your name you look like you work outside, and by all accounts have no understanding of whats required to keep it healthy. Chris never mentions tick or liver fluke wiping out massive numbers of hare and everything around them. thats one of the main reasons for culling to keep disease at bay standard farming practice for centuries.
Norman Murray hare have more than enough predators foxes hunt them as well as golden eagles. If hares go extinct in Scotland then the golden eagles will loose their food source and die. Also mountain hares are a native species and should be protected
Hares are not slaughtered theyre numbers are managed because they do so well on grouse moors. If Chris gets his way these animals will end up on the endangered list because him and his cronies wont manage the habitat for them.
Their argument is crazy ,What a wonderful video Chris and sad that once again you are battling against a tide of cruelty little better than Malta and cruel with it .I contend the members of the Scottish Government know but , as with so much they like to stay good friends with the wealthy estate owners at any price .The proof you have here is a case but the fine words we heard on film will go no further ... That's my boycott of Scotland .They are ruthless.Thanks for your great work
Can you please look at science based facts, Chris has started this film with Easter Bunny and youve fallen for it.....So Sad. God help the hares. This man does not care what suffers as long as he gets TV time. Hes a walking disaster for wildlife.
Would this be the Scottish Goverment who dont even know whats happening in their own office. Ps Get the real story from people who work on the land. This is just spouting by an attention seeker and youve fallen for it. Before you sell your soul to one side have a good look online theres plenty of science based information out there. Youve got to ask when the first line refers to the "Easter bunny", Next its the tooth fairy whos getting it i suppose.
Lets stop all the management of the countryside and watch the carnage unfold. According to the SNP government the deer are not managed enough and they are paying 10 million pounds to wipe out 90% of the red deer in Scotland as well as small businesses that rely on the deer in the tourism industry.. Now thats a Fact you could get active about.
I hunt and this is a disgrace not Packam but these hunters ok I shot hare but it’s clean and ethical and large scale culls are terrible I think there should be a general license for them
@@MrTmenzo For a start theres more hares on managed moorland than so-called re-wilded moorland, Theres that many they are going to be giving them away.
Ban Grouse Shoting and Hare numbers will plummet then what ever feeds on them their numbers will plummet too, that is a fact. Pretty short supply those fact thingys in here. Can you please try and look at fact based videos before you take the Easter Bunnys side.
So that government minister is basically saying unless *you* (volunteers, members of the public with no responsibility to investigate) gather all the evidence and do what is really *our* (the state - i.e. the police, SNH etc.. people with the remit and resources to investigate.) job, *we* (the state - i.e. the Government, people with the ability to change the law) won't do a thing.
Such a disgrace these killers are to the human race. Humans have the ability to protect animals but yet there are so many that get enjoyment from killing animals. There is a fine line between killing animals or humans. Some of these killers may have the possibility of becoming psychopaths ( thats my opinion )
You can be a psychopath without ever killing a person (and I would agree with you that it is quite likely that psychopaths would enjoy hunting animals), and you certainly can't become a psychopath over the course of your life. You either are or you're not. That's not my opinion, that's fact.
Some wild life numbers need managed Fact, If you wont do it dont moan at the people who do it for you. If it wasnt for managed estates Mountain Hare numbers would be a mere fraction of what they are currently. Try watching a video by the people who manage the moors and see the actual facts on Mountain Hares not Easter Bunnies.
Great work by Chris, OneKind, Lush and everyone else exposing and opposing this abomination. Those responsible for this are abominable treatment of the natural are not fit to hold stewardship of this land.
I suppose you will be on the side of future doom for wildlife, The endangered list is about to get a lot longer, Cheers Stephen and Chris....Answers based on Science based facts are better for the wildlife.
When will this madness stop in this nation? How can anyone rationally believe the culling of an entire species is to anyone's benefit? Do we not learn from the mistakes of the past?
It's shocking that such an activity can be perpetrated on such a scale based on no evidence whatsoever. There is something deeply wrong. In Ireland we have had trouble with illegal hare coursing and lamping going unchecked and even uninvestigated despite a link being found between these activities and burglaries and robberies (the hunters were simultaneously casing properties). However, it all came to a head a few months ago when a group of coursers injured a horse belonging to a very wealthy individual from the Middle East... suddenly something was being done because it was almost an international incident. I have heard prosecutions occurred almost immediately. Never underestimate the laziness of the authorities.
The authorities from Governments to Local level and law care little for the every day person who pays taxes ..Let one wealthy person get involved and they move ... SHAME ON ALL WHO HUNT .SHAME ON WEAK GOVERNMENTS
Well, to be honest there are people in all walks of life, and at all levels, who do care, but the system is set up in such a way as to be indifferent to anything which is not definitely catered for in law, and often the wrong people are working in the wrong jobs in government at all levels, and they really are indifferent to everything. And add laziness into that mix. However, there is clearly something wrong in society when people want to kill creatures just for the sake of killing them, and where basic laws about animal cruelty are not being enforced. However, I never knew anything like this was happening in the British Isles, so a lot of it could be a case of simply not knowing about it. So videos like this are very important. Sadly, wealthy people do have the only clout which seems to spark the authorities into doing their jobs.
What stinks is the Scottish minister saying they need proof and dates etc etc . It's all there to see.and Chris Packham is honest Very much so . The problem with UK and many European countries is that they allow cats and dogs then all other animals should be in a zoo or they are deemed a pest and a health hazard . Pathetic way a nanny society has gone .They themselves are but nature but fail to see it . Tragic .
I agree with you. There was a grey squirrel cull here, for a scientific experiment carried out by UCD to see whether reducing them influenced red squirrel numbers, and when it was eventually shown how the squirrels were killed there was widespread disgust as it was extremely brutal by any standards. The experiment required the killing of 20,000 squirrels and the payment of a very large grant to the researchers, and the findings were initially reported as 'inconclusive'. But I think the idea was, as usual, mainly for money to be made. There are some very ruthless scientists out there.
HelenaMikas so you want to ban something you don't agree.do you eat meat do you eat fish or eggs i bet you do as you wear leather and use plastic we all even have blood on our hands.
Hay you do know they have a hell of a lot more hunting in England 😂 that's kinda a bs thing to say and there are toany rabbits so it is legle to kill them if the numbers stop the the law stops saying it's ok that's not hard to understand is it?
Well done and a very long, hard effort for justice and so most rewarding. EVERY BEST WISH WITH THE WORK YOU ARE DOING FOR WILDLIFE.
Thanks to all involved in highlighting this, it has been going on for years on the grounds of protecting the moor for grouse. Would encourage everyone to thumbs up this video and share where you can, this will push it up the suggested video rank from youtube and help spread the message. Puiblic pressure is the only thing that will stop this.
I,m afraid that part is a lie the hares are culled,the same as deer and the grazing is limited and there are areas that have to be protected as they are SSSI,s and the numbers culled are dictated by SNH fact.
Looking at your name you look like you work outside, and by all accounts have no understanding of whats required to keep it healthy. Chris never mentions tick or liver fluke wiping out massive numbers of hare and everything around them. thats one of the main reasons for culling to keep disease at bay standard farming practice for centuries.
Norman Murray hare have more than enough predators foxes hunt them as well as golden eagles. If hares go extinct in Scotland then the golden eagles will loose their food source and die. Also mountain hares are a native species and should be protected
Absolute disgrace. Time and time again to do whatever they see fit. It makes me seethe.
Thank you Chris, we so appreciate all the work you do. JENNIFER
Thanks Chris for stirring up trouble with your ill informed opinion!!!
I hope you start a campaign to help the Tooth Fairy, I heard shes getting it next. The mans a fool Jenny when hes proved wrong it will be too late.
I am utterly appalled by what I have seen. I had NO idea that this mass execution was taking place
There is no mass execution, there is a 7 - 9 % cull if required!
Hares are not slaughtered theyre numbers are managed because they do so well on grouse moors. If Chris gets his way these animals will end up on the endangered list because him and his cronies wont manage the habitat for them.
Thank you for the film and making us aware of the useless carnage of these beautiful creatures.
Their argument is crazy ,What a wonderful video Chris and sad that once again you are battling against a tide of cruelty little better than Malta and cruel with it .I contend the members of the Scottish Government know but , as with so much they like to stay good friends with the wealthy estate owners at any price .The proof you have here is a case but the fine words we heard on film will go no further ... That's my boycott of Scotland .They are ruthless.Thanks for your great work
HelenaMikas they are culling all our wildlife!!!
Can you please look at science based facts, Chris has started this film with Easter Bunny and youve fallen for it.....So Sad. God help the hares. This man does not care what suffers as long as he gets TV time. Hes a walking disaster for wildlife.
How does this man get off with telling so many lies and twisting of the truth!!!
Thank you for getting this evidence. This is what the Scottish Government need to enforce protection. Let’s see.
Would this be the Scottish Goverment who dont even know whats happening in their own office. Ps Get the real story from people who work on the land. This is just spouting by an attention seeker and youve fallen for it. Before you sell your soul to one side have a good look online theres plenty of science based information out there. Youve got to ask when the first line refers to the "Easter bunny", Next its the tooth fairy whos getting it i suppose.
@@paddymularkey every animal should be controlled so they all have a place in nature not a mass cull but a season to breed
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So painful to watch vile cruel people doing this.
I really hate hunters and shooters. Evil humans 😡
Lets stop all the management of the countryside and watch the carnage unfold. According to the SNP government the deer are not managed enough and they are paying 10 million pounds to wipe out 90% of the red deer in Scotland as well as small businesses that rely on the deer in the tourism industry.. Now thats a Fact you could get active about.
I hunt and this is a disgrace not Packam but these hunters ok I shot hare but it’s clean and ethical and large scale culls are terrible I think there should be a general license for them
Heartbreaking to see this.
You do know this could not be further from the truth
@@paddymularkey liar
@@MrTmenzo For a start theres more hares on managed moorland than so-called re-wilded moorland, Theres that many they are going to be giving them away.
Shocking. Another reason grouse shooting should be banned.
Ban Grouse Shoting and Hare numbers will plummet then what ever feeds on them their numbers will plummet too, that is a fact. Pretty short supply those fact thingys in here. Can you please try and look at fact based videos before you take the Easter Bunnys side.
@@paddymularkey everything should be controlled so they get a place
So that government minister is basically saying unless *you* (volunteers, members of the public with no responsibility to investigate) gather all the evidence and do what is really *our* (the state - i.e. the police, SNH etc.. people with the remit and resources to investigate.) job, *we* (the state - i.e. the Government, people with the ability to change the law) won't do a thing.
WTF!!!
Disgraceful that this should be happening in 2018, to a protected native animal no less.
Idk why r u watching this video, but I'm here because they're my patronus
Same
Such a disgrace these killers are to the human race.
Humans have the ability to protect animals but yet there are so many that get enjoyment from killing animals.
There is a fine line between killing animals or humans. Some of these killers may have the possibility of becoming psychopaths
( thats my opinion )
You can be a psychopath without ever killing a person (and I would agree with you that it is quite likely that psychopaths would enjoy hunting animals), and you certainly can't become a psychopath over the course of your life. You either are or you're not. That's not my opinion, that's fact.
Some wild life numbers need managed Fact, If you wont do it dont moan at the people who do it for you. If it wasnt for managed estates Mountain Hare numbers would be a mere fraction of what they are currently. Try watching a video by the people who manage the moors and see the actual facts on Mountain Hares not Easter Bunnies.
Disgusting
Great work by Chris, OneKind, Lush and everyone else exposing and opposing this abomination. Those responsible for this are abominable treatment of the natural are not fit to hold stewardship of this land.
I suppose you will be on the side of future doom for wildlife, The endangered list is about to get a lot longer, Cheers Stephen and Chris....Answers based on Science based facts are better for the wildlife.
When will this madness stop in this nation? How can anyone rationally believe the culling of an entire species is to anyone's benefit? Do we not learn from the mistakes of the past?
Who is culling an entire species,7-9% of mountain hares are culled on moors.
It's shocking that such an activity can be perpetrated on such a scale based on no evidence whatsoever. There is something deeply wrong. In Ireland we have had trouble with illegal hare coursing and lamping going unchecked and even uninvestigated despite a link being found between these activities and burglaries and robberies (the hunters were simultaneously casing properties). However, it all came to a head a few months ago when a group of coursers injured a horse belonging to a very wealthy individual from the Middle East... suddenly something was being done because it was almost an international incident. I have heard prosecutions occurred almost immediately. Never underestimate the laziness of the authorities.
The authorities from Governments to Local level and law care little for the every day person who pays taxes ..Let one wealthy person get involved and they move ... SHAME ON ALL WHO HUNT .SHAME ON WEAK GOVERNMENTS
Well, to be honest there are people in all walks of life, and at all levels, who do care, but the system is set up in such a way as to be indifferent to anything which is not definitely catered for in law, and often the wrong people are working in the wrong jobs in government at all levels, and they really are indifferent to everything. And add laziness into that mix. However, there is clearly something wrong in society when people want to kill creatures just for the sake of killing them, and where basic laws about animal cruelty are not being enforced. However, I never knew anything like this was happening in the British Isles, so a lot of it could be a case of simply not knowing about it. So videos like this are very important. Sadly, wealthy people do have the only clout which seems to spark the authorities into doing their jobs.
What stinks is the Scottish minister saying they need proof and dates etc etc . It's all there to see.and Chris Packham is honest Very much so . The problem with UK and many European countries is that they allow cats and dogs then all other animals should be in a zoo or they are deemed a pest and a health hazard . Pathetic way a nanny society has gone .They themselves are but nature but fail to see it . Tragic .
I agree with you. There was a grey squirrel cull here, for a scientific experiment carried out by UCD to see whether reducing them influenced red squirrel numbers, and when it was eventually shown how the squirrels were killed there was widespread disgust as it was extremely brutal by any standards. The experiment required the killing of 20,000 squirrels and the payment of a very large grant to the researchers, and the findings were initially reported as 'inconclusive'. But I think the idea was, as usual, mainly for money to be made. There are some very ruthless scientists out there.
HelenaMikas so you want to ban something you don't agree.do you eat meat do you eat fish or eggs i bet you do as you wear leather and use plastic we all even have blood on our hands.
A gender 21
Oh no, those poor hares!!!
They do taste good.....Dont knock it till youve tried it.
if killing those hares was for the protection of red grous moor, then why would they carry dead rabbits with them?, why not leave them there
Isn't it worse if they kill them and not the most that they can out of them eg. Meat?
Hay you do know they have a hell of a lot more hunting in England 😂 that's kinda a bs thing to say and there are toany rabbits so it is legle to kill them if the numbers stop the the law stops saying it's ok that's not hard to understand is it?
Lol I meant to say tones
Come on guys. This is mawkish propaganda.
Rubbish
Heartbreaking, but we're feeling hopeful about the new legislation!