This episode of Natural Selection looks at the controversial question of how humans intervene in controlling species population, asking if hunting and shooting are useful conservation tools or if attempts to redress what are often man-made problems are only doomed to create more of those problems. Can nature be managed? Should it be? As usual, the programme looks at the relationship between the commerical and the natural world, which many field sportsmen think is enhanced by their practice.

Written by Brian Black.

Camera: Sam Christie. 

Location Sound: Rai Woods.

Unit Assistant: Drew Welsh.

Off-line Editor: Steve Ward, Acorn Video. 

On-line Editor: Philip White.

Graphic Design: Trevor McCormick.

Music Composed and Performed by Kathryn McFaul.

Music Recorded by Chris Fawcett. 

Post-production Sound: Alan Dwyer. 

Produced by Brian Black. 

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