The recent appeal to the UK’s Queen Elizabeth from naturalist Chris Packham may threaten the monarch and her beloved corgis, said former Tory minister Lord Marland, speaking in the House of Lords on Tuesday.
“Most of us are terrified of someone like Chris Packham, for example,” he said as cited by the Daily Mail. “Imagine going out of Balmoral with your corgis and being confronted by a bear and a wolf. I mean, what sort of people are we listening to?”
In October, Packham filed a petition to the Queen urging her to rewild her entire estate by adopting the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, which is expected to be discussed in the House of Lords.
It’s not the first time activists have demanded that the Queen stop using the territory for industrial purposes, which leads to environmental disasters and the death of animals. Earlier, Animal Rebellion activists doused paint on the fountains at Buckingham Palace, the official residence of the Queen.