Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Vivid: Sorry if I came across as arrogant. I live in the country and also have a certain amount of tolerance towards some village men I know who, whilst shooting, say, magpies and rabbits for conservation purposes, also have owl boxes etc. and would hate to think they'd performed anything but a 'clean kill'. I've taken injured water fowl to such people and they've been very helpful. I also know several who I'm damn sure go badger baiting, hare coursing etc., who are cruel bastards. I'm not a sentimentalist about this.

With regard to your comments about working on the divisions, well, I can't separate out humans from animals and the environment because I just can't. For me they're linked but please don't mistake this for animal versus human rights' position.