Academies are non-fee paying, non-selective state schools, which operate outside the control of local education authorities and have private sponsors.

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"While Defenders has always recognized that professional control of wolves that prey on livestock is a necessary evil, allowing random, non-selective take through public hunting and trapping is a poor wildlife management decision, " warned Nina Fascione, Defenders of Wildlife associate director of species conservation.

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