Reintroducing Eagles in Snowdonia

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 16 September 2020.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 1:33, 16 September 2020

(Translated)

Will you join with me in expressing grave concern about this idea, which apparently is being put forward by one gentleman and doesn't have support from anywhere else within Snowdonia? Farmers are concerned that eagles would attack their stock, and there is concern about the impact on biodiversity as there isn't enough sustenance in the area for eagles. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds said that there would need to be broad support from local communities for such a proposal to succeed, and that support isn't there. Will you therefore state clearly that the Welsh Government is not in favour of this proposal either and that it needs to be put to one side immediately?