{"id":5438,"date":"2016-02-23T01:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dont-moles-have-a-right-to-life-too-patrick-barkham\/"},"modified":"2016-02-23T01:11:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T18:11:21","slug":"dont-moles-have-a-right-to-life-too-patrick-barkham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dont-moles-have-a-right-to-life-too-patrick-barkham\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t moles have a right to life too? | Patrick Barkham"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nJohn Clare\u2019s \u2018little hermit\u2019 may be a hero of children\u2019s literature, but adults happily use the cruellest methods to wipe out them outRecently I treated the neighbourhood chaffinches to a bag of RSPB sunflower seeds so tasty that my toddlers try to hang from the feeder to scoff the food.I bought it at the local garden centre, and next in the queue were a nice couple who were asking for \u201csomething to kill moles\u201d. Between me and them, this perfectly illustrates our bizarrely polarised attitudes towards wild animals. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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