RSPCA geese cull anger

The RSPCA have stepped in to the row over the proposed cull of Canada geese on Windermere.

It's proposed that 200 of the birds be shot as part of the cull.

Those behind it say the birds ruin habitats and their droppings add to pollution levels in the lake.

Michael Marsh, the RSPCA's Northern Wildlife Inspector said:"It seems like the lake management committee have already made up their minds and have turned down our offer of a meeting to discuss alternatives to euthanasia. "We are not amateurs."

A Lake District National Park Authority spokesman said: "I can confirm that an approach was made to meet the Windermere Geese Management Group, but the date the RSPCA suggested was not convenient.

However the WGMG is willing to meet the RSPCA at any mutually agreed time in the future."

The RSPCA says that they will retain all rights up to and including prosecution if they witness animals being treated cruelly or suffering unecessarily.