Dear Sirs

Feed the birds: not the RSPB

I was surprised to receive an unsolicited communication this morning
from the RSPB inviting me to join their organisation. The opening
paragraph says, ""Did you know you're already helping us? Just by
feeding the birds in your garden you're encouraging many threatened
species to thrive".

As a family, we've been feeding wild birds in our garden for decades
and it's not to help the RSPB; it's to help the birds. We buy our
birdseed from a cash & carry warehouse for under a fiver for 10 kilos
and would rather spend the money on seed than support a multi-million
organisation that favours some birds and discriminates against others.

For the price of an annual family membership, one can buy
85 kilos of seed, which I consider much better spent on sustaining
wild birds than contributing to executives salaries of up to £100k per
annum.


Yours faithfully


Angus Macmillan
www.roots-of-blood.org.uk
www.killhunting.org
www.con-servation.org.uk