Donald Bain
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I got my weekly copy of the Angling Times today, great free gifts, gave them to some kids at the ponds.
I was flicking through it, as I usually do, when I came across Greg Whiteheads piece on Otters and the devastation they are reportedly doing.
Now we had a good old debate about this on FM, the outcome of which was pretty clear,ie; there is no scientific evidence to support these stories of Otters killing off huge numbers of fish and the very low number of otters in England does not support these claims.
Yet Greg Whitehead wrote a very unresearched article, damning the otter for causing devastation all over! It was sheer headline grabbing junk! I'm sorry Greg but a very good friend of mine, ex-AT reporter, agrees, it should have been more carefully researched and not just rely upon hear-say evidence from people who never actually saw an otter!
Greg, I usually enjoy your articles, bith here and in the AT, but you have a responsibility to report truthfully, not make up a story that is both emotional and badly resourced.
I am now seriously thinking of packing in a 45 year readership of the AT and reporting this to the RSPCA, they will take a very dim view of such reckless verbage.
Sorry folks but this really got to me!
I was flicking through it, as I usually do, when I came across Greg Whiteheads piece on Otters and the devastation they are reportedly doing.
Now we had a good old debate about this on FM, the outcome of which was pretty clear,ie; there is no scientific evidence to support these stories of Otters killing off huge numbers of fish and the very low number of otters in England does not support these claims.
Yet Greg Whitehead wrote a very unresearched article, damning the otter for causing devastation all over! It was sheer headline grabbing junk! I'm sorry Greg but a very good friend of mine, ex-AT reporter, agrees, it should have been more carefully researched and not just rely upon hear-say evidence from people who never actually saw an otter!
Greg, I usually enjoy your articles, bith here and in the AT, but you have a responsibility to report truthfully, not make up a story that is both emotional and badly resourced.
I am now seriously thinking of packing in a 45 year readership of the AT and reporting this to the RSPCA, they will take a very dim view of such reckless verbage.
Sorry folks but this really got to me!