A BBC show has received numerous complaints after it showed what appeared to be a bird being beaten with a stick. The controversial episode of BBC Springwatch aired earlier this week and left many fans in "tears" after a bird was "battered to death with a stick" in horrific scenes.
The episode had presenter Frank Gardner giving a shocking report about how birds are being illegally killed. Footage during the episode showed a gamekeeper beating a buzzard to death with a stick, reports Birmingham Live.
One viewer asked: "It was so hard to watch. Why did that evil little man get a suspended sentence when you had the vile little stain bang to rights?"
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A second commented: "Awful, awful the suffering and pain I couldn’t watch." Another wrote: "The footage is just horrific.
"I saw it a while back and it left me feeling broken, physically sick, in tears and helpless. But these things need to be seen, nothing comes from being silent about the wrongs in the world. Keep up the good work exposing these scum!"
A fourth added: "Springwatch. I've literally just watched a man trap and beat a buzzard to death with a stick." Whilst another viewer stated: "Springwatch are showing the amount of them being killed. Someone just battered a buzzard to death."
Another viewer called for the gamekeeper to be "jailed". This week's BBC episodes have also seen Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan appreciating spring’s simple wildlife pleasures at RSPB Arne in Dorset and have revealed footage documenting the life cycle of a jellyfish.
Iolo Williams has moved to Studland Bay, a rich wildlife habitat that hosts a vast array of characters, where the sand dunes hide a myriad of species with some astonishing adaptations.
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