article_snippet: This isn’t a contradiction.
article_snippet: It is illegal to shoot the birds outside of that time frame.
article_snippet: We are not an animal welfare organisation.
article_snippet: RSPB was set up 1904 and has been consistently neutral on the ethics of field sports.
article_snippet: We are not allowed to be in support of field sports, nor are We allowed to be against support of field sports.
article_snippet: it is illegal practice.