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Necroculture

October 25, 2023 - 02:36 -- Admin

The mass release and shooting of pheasants trashes our ecosystems – and our humanity.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 6th October 2023

It’s one of the bluntest expressions of class power in the United Kingdom. Like all expressions of class power, it has become normalised until we treat it as a fixed fact of national life. I’m talking about the Bronze Plague that spreads over the British lowlands every year, wiping out much of our wildlife: pheasants.

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