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If people applied to have a session, we would of course agree, whatever the situation. As I said, people were often visited in Scotland if that was the preference, but sometimes the visits took place across the border somewhere else, so that they were truly anonymous.
The partnership agreements between the RSPB, NFUS and others is testament to the fact that we want to eradicate this abhorrent crime against our wildlife.There might be a case for new legislation but the consultation on the proposal for the SSPCA to have new enforcement powers will probably lead to better detection.
Mention of New Lanark takes me back to 1971, the bicentenary of Robert Owen, when a group of us visited the village in connection with a conference at the University of Strathclyde, to discover the buildings on the edge of collapse.