Category Archives: Uncategorized

The decision to kill many geese in Sandwell in two parks appears to have been suggested by John Satchwell, Senior Parks Manager who in his so called joke of an “options” report gave only one- a final solution resulting in … Continue reading →

Today a democratic missile payload was delivered through the front doors of Sandwell Council house. The paper petition of over 1500 signatures- a culmination of several months work , was handed over to “Democratic services” calling for a senior officer … Continue reading →

  At the start of this campaign we contacted  Animal Aid, who have a longstanding campaign against culling so called “non-native” species, and have successfully established some non-lethal plans for organisations such as United Utilities, as well as  working with local … Continue reading →

A fairly busy week. Appeared on Dark City radio on Nyrees’ permaculture show, a reply from Natural England re what advice they had allegedly given to Sandwell council, and I also found out that SMBC have replied to Animal Aid’s … Continue reading →

For some time now there has been a largely internet spread myth that feeding birds white bread causes a condition known as “angel wing”. I’m not going to spout any science here, because there are no scientific studies of any … Continue reading →

Isn’t it just rich that one of the biggest charges made against the geese is their “aggressive behaviour”- as though humans are immune from such activity and somehow look down on it if they perceive it to be animalistic behaviour … Continue reading →

    “NO DECISION HAS  BEEN TAKEN ON FUTURE PLANS TO DEAL WITH GEESE NUMBERS.” Sandwell Council leader Darren Cooper has so far not commented publicly on the decision to snuff out the lives of 220 geese in two of Sandwell’s parks. … Continue reading →

We had written an open letter to Adrian Bailey and Tom Watson MP’s for West Bromwich West and East respectively. Both were emailed the letter back in early September using their published email contact addresses, but we did not receive … Continue reading →

I have asked two freedom of information requests about the cull of geese which took place last year and this year. Another request also revealed a little more information. This week we have a response to another request. We learn … Continue reading →

News this week of the return of a strain of bird flu to the UK should not really come as a surprise, and neither should the timing of the announcement, just in time for Christmas when sales will no doubt … Continue reading →