We Lost Through Indifference

  At the moment we are heading for the second British Modern Extinction of wildlife (BME) the last was in the 1860s when we lost so many species including out native foxes, red squirrels and so many more. Hunting and killing for 'fun' was the cause back then and the response was to import more squirrels, deer, wild cats and foxes from Europe so the 'fun' could continue.  

Through institutional corruption -political parties, DEFRA and Natural England we have lost over 300,000 badgers -a species that just survived centuries of persecution and extermination and was granted protected status in the early 1970s. As the cull continues it is becoming less likely that the species will survive other than in a few urban groups -subject to car deaths and moronic gunmen.women going out to kill for 'fun'.

Those same people (the 'sportsmen/woman') go out every night to shoot and kill what they want for 'fun' and fox is top of the list. Do they care that they, cars and general human cruelty has resulted in losing an estimated 60% of British foxes?  No. When foxes are gone it will mean their sadistic minds will turn to more pet cats or birds.

See the post here: 

https://terryhoopernaturalist.blogspot.com/2025/05/2030s-there-will-be-uk-wildlife-mass.html

By now I am well used to all the critical comments about my "doom saying" and it is interesting that when those online attacks happen absolutely no one speaks up. I am an archivist, researcher, naturalist and since 1976 (and a tad before) I have read many, many books on natural history and wildlife.   

I first discovered the first 1860s extinction a few decades ago but more and more research has proven how bad that was. Any wild animal in the UK now has likely got European DNA in them -importation was huge. Red squirrels dying off -blame grey squirrels. Hedgehogs dying off -blame foxes and badgers. Bovine TB -blame badgers -recognised internationally as a scapegoat species.

The real culprits behind all the extinctions and declines? Humans.

Am I a pain in the ass for continually pointing all of this out to people? Very likely but until there is a ground swell of support and protest over what is going on we have to face the fact that the ongoing war to save wildlife (particularly in the UK) has been lost.

Lost through indifference.

Here; 60 Minutes (US) also bores on the subject.