THE FACTS OF RURAL LIFE Why we need better wildlife management CHARLIE PYE-SMITH The Facts of Rural Life Copyright: © 2015 Charlie Pye-Smith THE AUTHOR © All rights reserved Born in Yorkshire, Charlie Pye- No part of this publication may be reproduced, in any form or by Smith studied botany and any means, without prior written permission from Brian Fanshawe Old School House, Ashley, Tetbury zoology at Newcastle-upon-Tyne Gloucestershire GL8 8XS University and conservation at University College London. His books include The Other Writer: Charlie Pye-Smith Nile (Penguin), Rebels and Design: Elodie A. Sampere, Wild Communications,
[email protected] Outcasts (Penguin), The Subsidy Scandal (Earthscan), In Search Printing and publishing advised by BPG Media of Wild India (Channel 4), Rural Rites: Hunting and the Photo credits: Politics of Prejudice (All Party Parliamentary Middle Way David White: iii, iv, v, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 20, 32, 35, 38, 55, 58, 62, 67, 71, 73, 74 and 80. Group) and Trees for Life (World Agroforestry Centre). He has Laurie Campbell: 4, 11, 16, 24, 28, 29, 33, 60, 63, 66. written scores of feature articles for the Financial Times, the Charlie Pye Smith: 2, 3, 6, 10, 13, 15, 17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, Daily Telegraph, New Scientist and other newspapers and 34, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 59, 61, 65, 68, 69. journals, presented radio programmes for BBC World Service, iStock/Getty Images: 46, 49. and written and researched television documentaries for Readers may notice that I have used both imperial and metric Channel 4 and the Discovery Channel.