Garden grabbing is very bad for the environment, gardens are a truly vital source of habitat for a very wide range of birds and mammals as well as plants and shrubs. Blustering Prescott has never understood the value of the natural environment. Its no use protecting all the so called green spaces when industrial farming techniques have virtually destroyed farmland and rendered it actually hostile to wildlife. Although a life long socialist (an endangered species) I am with Zack Goldsmith on this issue. If we wish to protect the fast declining song bird population our gardens are literally the front line.
PS. We should also not over react to the recent Fox row, such incidents are rare and its fare to say if we are stupid enough to leave our doors wide open we put our families at risk from dogs and cats, foxes, rats and mice and any other oppportunist scavenger. There is a vocal minority in this country who hate all wildlife, not just foxes and badgers and they will go to considerable lengths to increase the opportunity for blood sports.
