24 March 2005


Dr Mark Avery
Director of Conservation
RSPB
The Lodge
Sandy
SG19 2DL

An Open Letter


Dear Dr Avery

I was very interested to read your media release of 3 February 2005 in
which you refer to carbon dioxide as the gas most responsible for
climate change and that "cooking" our planet will disrupt and
devastate all life. I think most people would agree with you.

However, in the light of your comments, I wonder how you can justify
accepting the pages of adverts in your Birds magazine for extensive
travel, holiday accommodation and activities that are directly and
indirectly contributing to the cooking of our planet. Indeed, the
magazine itself, which I understand is mailed to most of your one
million members contributes to environmental damage by its production,
distribution and disposal.

The activities of your organisation in this respect smacks of double
standards at the very least, to dishonesty at worst.


Yours sincerely



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