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King Charles accused of hypocrisy as 12 foxes 'shot and strung' on his land (www.dailyrecord.co.uk)
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King Charles has been accused of hypocrisy after 12 foxes were “shot and strung up like trophies” on Crown Estate land, we can reveal.

The grim discovery in ­countryside owned by the monarch, near Penicuik, ­Midlothian, sparked a police probe and comes as Charles claims to be at one with the natural world in a documentary out this week.

Campaigners have written to the King urging him to intervene after images obtained by the Sunday Mail showed the slaughtered animals, with some of the bloody carcasses draped over a fence near a publicly accessible path.

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[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago

OK, but the King has a shitload of land, this happened in Scotland over 350 miles from where he lives in London, and he probably had no idea. I suspect this is more about discrediting his pro-environment message that he's been banging on about since he was young, well before it was in the least bit popular any political sense. Murdock hates that kind of thing.

[–] CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've not read the full story but there's nothing hypocritical about being pro conservation and wanting to manage a fox population.

Foxes will absolutely lay waste to any ground laying birds, and they have no natural predators so you can figure it where that ends up.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 9 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Is there a pro-conservation reason for stringing them up? genuine question.

Like some territory marking thing ?

That aside, fox hunting as a "sport" is traditionally a shitshow , not because of the foxes dying specifically , but because of the way it is conducted.

This doesn’t seem to be related to fox hunting (the "sport") though, perhaps the two are being conflated here, or there is some sort of link not disclosed ?

[–] CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works 9 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I guess they were coming back to pick them up again later?

And totally agree about fox hunting. Chasing an animal to exhaustion and ripping them apart with dogs is just savagery. Literally animal torture for fun.

[–] Senal@programming.dev 4 points 20 hours ago

I guess they were coming back to pick them up again later?

That makes sense, didn't even think of that.

[–] hector@lemmy.today -3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

They are native there. Your argument lacks merit, let me be the first to downvote your despicable comment.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Oh, we should just let the predator populations explode, ensuring they hunt prey populations to extinction before they all starve to death, solving the problem altogether. Big brain idea, we need visionaries like you in charge of wildlife!

[–] theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 1 day ago

A hypocritical monarch....... I'm shocked! Abolish the cunts and return the land and the wealth to the people!

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

King Charles

hypocrisy

LOL

[–] hector@lemmy.today -1 points 18 hours ago

How so?

[–] hector@lemmy.today 1 points 18 hours ago

What a piece of shit. Fuck this royal family, they were killing endangered raptors on their properties and using their privilege to get away with it per the guardian not long back too.