Jim Webster writes

This is something that wants pointing out firmly, and with any luck some of
the environmental organisations might have the courage to pick up on it. I
note that these organisations have eventually caught on to the idea of the
importance of grazing (The RSPB is very big on it) so I think there is hope
they will take on the supermarkets tidyness fetish

Its probably too late. I doubt it is possible to return to the more
casual days when grains were spilt casually and left for wildlife to
clear up. This inevitably encourages small rodents which are a complete
bete noir as far as all the regulatory authorities are concerned. The
prescribed sealing of buildings and feeders from bird access is to do
with various ec and uk laws (eg salmonella) and is unlikely to be
reversible. This latter change immediately and obviously reduced small
bird numbers and collared doves within a few months.

It is worth noting that these measures have been imposed to solve an
entirely imaginary problem. I know of no example of contaminated grains
and animal feeds that have ever resulted in human infection, certainly
in the last 50 years.

One should also point out that the work with badgers at night showing
them eating exposed animal feedstuffs and urinating on it now makes
farmers even more careful because of TB. Its a pity that badgers, until
recently looked on as rather nice wild animals to have on the farm, are
now regarded with suspicion since they may now very well be infected
with TB, whereas 10 years ago one could be confident that they were not.

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