The RSPB is supposedly neutral on shooting - Jane Barlow/PALabour launched a crackdown on game shooting after pressure from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), The Telegraph has learnt. Ms Speight called for licensing, although the RSPB is supposedly neutral on shooting. Ms Speight expressed disappointment that the strategy did not include tighter rules on game shooting, claiming that there was "increasing evidence" that released game birds can spread bird flu to wild birds. In the letter, sent in January, Ms Speight said: "I am writing to ask you to bring forward legislation to licence game bird shooting. The Government subsequently proposed licensing game shooting in the land use framework, which was published two months after the RSPB letter was sent.