‌Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge the use of the following material in the writing of this book:

The Game Conservancy booklets, an article in The Guardian entitled ‘Grouse Groan’ by Martin Woollacott, The Case Against Badger Digging published by the League Against Cruel Sports, and Churchill’s Game Shooting by Macdonald Hastings.

I have quoted directly from an article in the magazine Birds published by the R.S.P.B., and also The Guinness Book of Records.

‘I Wish I Were In Love Again’ (from Babes in Arms) by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart is reproduced by permission of Chappell & Co. Ltd. © Copyright 1937.

I would like to thank the Yorkshire Arts Association and the English Literature Department of Sheffield University for providing me with the Fellowship which made the writing of this book easier.

I would also like to thank Roy Walker, Macdonald Hastings, Anthea Joseph, and above all, Trevor Jones, without whom this book would not have been possible.