Duck pond hate campaign
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A local leisure park has been targeted in an anonymous hate campaign.Posters were recently erected around Par Duck Pond accusing Snowland Leisure Group of damaging the St Andrew’s Road nature reserve and the duck pond.
The posters tell members of the public that Snowland are illegally felling trees in the nature reserve, with 20 per cent already lost so far, and they have dumped building rubble in the reed beds, polluting the water systems, driving out the wildlife, and causing irreparable damage to the eco systems.
Snowland are also accused of contaminating the area with Japanese Knotweed, and the anonymous poster explains that they are doing this “just to put more caravans illegally on Cornwall owned land” and they intend to “take over the whole reserve for development”.
Snowland have strongly denied these accusations, but have confirmed that they are interested in taking over management of Par Duck Pond to improve the area.
Trevor Savory, fishery manager at Snowland said: “No, we are not illegally felling and up to 20 per cent hasn’t been lost. We haven’t dumped rubble in the reed beds because it is outside our boundary. We haven’t contaminated the eco-systems at all.
“We would like to manage the reserve but not for development. We would like to manage the pond and make it safer.”
Snowland have a meeting St Blazey and Twyardreath parish councils on July 1 to discuss the possibility of managing the nature reserve.
On a tour of Par Duck Pond, Mr Savory explained that in its current state it was unsafe, rat infested, overgrown and there was not enough inflow and therefore not enough oxygen for the fish.
He continued: “It is not safe. I can see within three years the fish will be dead, it will be a stagnant pool. We would open it up, clear it, and make it a nicer and safer environment for people. We would also stock the lake with fish. It would be a suitable environment for all ages.”
Snowland owner Dick Snow said: “I would like it to be successfully managed and looked after properly.”
If Snowland were to take over management of Par Duck Pond, an annual fee of £45 would be charged for people wishing to fish, which would include use of Snowlands lakes. Under 16s would go free.
