Category Archives: National Sheep Association

Quoth the Raven: Never More.

Posted on June 18, 2018 by Miles King

On Friday last week Defra announced that Natural England chair Andrew Sells would be standing down in January 2019, a year earlier than had originally been planned. Sells joined the Natural England board in 2014 on his first 3 year … Continue reading →

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Sheep Farmers fire dud in Lynx reintroduction battle

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Miles King

The National Sheep Association (NSA) is a charity, originally founded in 1892 as the National Sheep Breeders Association (stop sniggering at the back). It has just over 6000 members, and as such is a very small charity, if measured by … Continue reading →

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Which is the biggest threat to sheep – Dogs or Lynx?

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Miles King

It’s understandable why sheep farmers and their organisations should be worried about the reintroduction of Apex Predators such as Wolf and Lynx. Recent proposals to reintroduce Lynx have met with stiff opposition from the likes of the National Sheep Association, … Continue reading →

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National Sheep Association bare teeth against Lynx proposals

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Miles King

  The Farming Community often decry Conservationists for scaremongering. For example on the question of whether  Neonicotinoids are contributing to the loss of pollinating invertebrates such as Bees. But farmers  are not immune to bouts of hysterical scaremongering either, particularly … Continue reading →

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