The NPWS must be closed down.

It is not fit for purpose - the only licensing body in the world that has “nothing to do with licences” once issued. No monitoring, no checks on protocols, no independent reports. This has to Stop � 

Licensing the Cull of protected Seals �

Licensing the Cull/Extinction of protected Badgers with no protocols/security �

Repeated licensing of snare use despite thousands of life changing injuries, and the use of dogs on snared badgers. Their snare repeatedly catches dogs, cats, foxes, pheasants etc�

Use of outdated&clearly unscientific papers to justify snares �

A failure to embrace scientific evidence clearly showing that slurry is the no. 1 TB spreader �

No adherence to Raptor Protocol. Deceased Peregrines tested only for Avian flu, even where poisoning was thought to have taken place �

No protection for the Native Irish Honeybees, thought to be extinct 10 years ago �

No Oil Response plan as shown in the disastrous Athlone Oil spill 2019. Oil still oozes from the Callows Special Area of Conservation� 

Dredging licences have are given to OPW with no appropriate assessments as per the European Habitats directive and the Berne convention - Otters are being wiped out �

Cutting lines of communication with rehabbers&rescuers �

Management and staff refusal to answer public questions �

Management and staff ignore/block rehabbers�

A selective view of ‘invasive species’ was again highlighted in the slaughter of wild boar, whilst pheasant chicks are raised all over the country for release. Japanese knotweed etc runs wild countrywide whilst Sitka plantations further deplete our natural habitats �

This has gone beyond a question of Reform - we need to Stop � 

We need to immediately close down the NPWS & start again �

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