New man makes his pledge on wildlife

1:40pm Sunday 15th July 2012 in News

THE new man at the helm of Malvern Hills Conservators has pledged to continue the charity’s work for the benefit of wildlife, the local community and visitors to the area.

Stephen Bound has joined the organisation as director from the Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust.

The 44-year-old has almost amassed almost 20 years of experience in land management and conservation, working in Shropshire, North Wales, Surrey and Yorkshire.

He said: “I’m delighted to be working for the Conservators and to be involved in managing this iconic and nationally important area.

“It’s already clear to me there is a very knowledgeable and dedicated team here who are doing a great job of preserving the hills and commons.”

Mr Bound takes over from Ian Rowat, who left the organisation after more than a decade in charge at the end of March.

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Roe_47 says...
3:04pm Sun 15 Jul 12

Let's hope that Mr Bound makes a firm commitment that our beautiful badgers will not be slaughtered on conservators land.

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Horatio One says...
5:14pm Sun 15 Jul 12

They are not 'our beautiful badgers ' sic. They are just Badgers, they are not owned.

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Roe_47 says...
6:09pm Sun 15 Jul 12

I know they're not 'owned' that's plainly obvious, it's like saying our beautiful trees or flowers. Get a grip.

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Horatio One says...
9:49pm Sun 15 Jul 12

After over 900 years of my family farming here I am totally gripped.

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Roe_47 says...
2:44pm Mon 16 Jul 12

After 200,000 years of our human family being here on earth I hope we have evolved enough to be willing to protect all those that we share this planet with, human or non-human.

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sarah and her chickens says...
9:19pm Mon 16 Jul 12

That is a tricky one.Do you protect the cows or the badgers.Having had a past job collecting badger roadkill for TB testing I am well aware of the numbers of infected badgers(in fact every badger had TB) .I am also well aware of the terrible impact TB in cattle has on farmers lives . Being forced to have cows that have just calved shot or loosing bloodlines that have taken years to develop is heartbreaking. I do love badgers but something has to be done I only hope that any cull can be managed with more common sense than usual DEFRA policies.

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Roe_47 says...
3:33pm Tue 17 Jul 12

I don't think it's that tricky really. You see the farmers need to protect their dairy herds so as they can keep stealing the milk from the cows for profit whilst male calves are shot or sent off to some distant land for execution being of no use to the dairy industry. Then you have the rifle sights firmly fixed on the badgers who are 'alleged' to be interfering with the dairy industry. It's called animal abuse, plain and simple. Veganism would rid you of any guilt. How is a cull managed with common sense? and how can you love badgers if you endorse one?

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sarah and her chickens says...
6:29pm Tue 17 Jul 12

In the real world it is unlikely you are going to stop people drinking milk or eating meat.So based on reality a cull that is based on common sense is one where they cull the infected badgers,unlike the last one where they removed badgers without testing them first.Assuming you know all about badgers and TB you will know how it is spread between badgers and how you can have infected and non infected groups and the historical research that has been done.Having seen what a badger can do when digging up fields and gardens I think a world of veg growers would also be wanting to restrict badger movements and population numbers .Then of course there is the impact that badgers have had on hedgehog populations.Life is just many shades of grey I am afraid.

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pudniw_gib says...
4:31pm Wed 18 Jul 12

Hey I neither drink milk nor eat meat...
You dont need to eat the stuff, so why kill badgers?
Just a nasty business.

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Roe_47 says...
8:07pm Wed 18 Jul 12

Well unless I'm living in fantasy land there are tens of thousands of vegans in the uk and millions of vegetarians and yes I've convinced a lot of people over the years to turn to the latter using hard facts that are black and white rather than shades of grey. Anyway enough from me, I just hope that Mr Bound honours his pledge to protect wildlife as it states in the title of the article.

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