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Article History

Received: 5 April 2024

Revised: 29 May 2024

Accepted: 23 June 2024

First Online: 9 July 2024

Declarations

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: No approval of research ethics committees was required to accomplish the goals of this study because the work involved no animal capture, handling or experimentation.

: The author is employed by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, a registered charity whose charitable objects include conducting research into game and wildlife management (including the use of game animals as a natural resource) and the effects of farming and other land management practices on the environment, and to publish the useful results of such research. He is also an unpaid member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Natural England, the UK government’s statutory conservation body for England.

: The author is employed by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, a registered charity whose charitable objects include conducting research into game and wildlife management (including the use of game animals as a natural resource) and the effects of farming and other land management practices on the environment, and to publish the useful results of such research. He is also an unpaid member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of Natural England, the UK government’s statutory conservation body for England.