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BBC Environmental campaigner Chris Packham recently criticized Fortnight hitmaker Taylor Swift for her private jet usage. In an interview with The Mirror published on Friday, May 24, the Springwatch host urged the singer to rethink her "absurd" private jet usage. He told the publication he was angered by the artist sending a cease-and-desist letter to Jack Sweeney, who tracked Swift's jet usage.
Christopher Gary Packham CBE is a well-known figure in the U.K. The naturalist, television presenter, and conservationist is a presenter of the BAFTA Award-winning Springwatch and Winterwatch series. He is also known for his work in the 2023 BBC series Earth.
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After working on a few BBC nature series including The Living Isles and The Living Planet, Chris Packham rose to fame as a television presenter for the BAFTA-winning kids program, The Really Wild Show, which aired on BBC1 from 1986 to 1995.
The Southampton, Hampshire native also presented other BAFTA-winning shows including Springwatch and Winterwatch. He also presented Autumnwatch, World’s Weirdest Events, World’s Sneakiest Animals, Cats v Dogs, Secrets of our Living Planet, Nature’s Weirdest Events, and Earth. Packham's official biography on his website reads:
"Extraordinarily creative and prolific, Chris Packham has led a remarkable life. He’s gained recognition as a naturalist, television presenter, writer, photographer, conservationist, campaigner and filmmaker."
Packham is known to be a fierce conservationist and campaigner. As per his website, he is a "vociferous opponent" of the badger cull and has raised his voice a plethora of times to ban driven grouse shooting. In 2014, Packham led a campaign called 'Massacre on Migration – Malta,' which highlighted the illegal slaughter of migrating birds in the area.
Having earned several awards and honors including an honorary Doctor of Science from the University of Southampton, he was appointed a CBE in 2019 for his service to wildlife and nature conservation.
"She should be leading": Chris Packham criticizes Taylor Swift's handling of the Jack Sweeney situation
In an interview with The Mirror published on Friday, Chris Packham expressed his disappointment with pop star Taylor Swift's "absurd" private jet usage. The campaigner was especially disgruntled by how the singer handled the situation with social media user Jack Sweeney
21-year-old Sweeney allegedly tracked and reported the miles traveled by Taylor Swift via her private jets on social media and claimed that she traveled 178,000 miles via her two private jets last year, according to the Independent.
As per the publication, in response to Sweeney's tracking, Taylor Swift sent the social media user a cease and desist letter through her Venable Law firm attorney, Katie Wright Morrone. She reportedly warned that she would have to take legal action if Sweeney did not end what was described in the letter as "stalking and harassing behaviour."
This did not sit well with Chris Packham, who told The Mirror that private jets were the "single greatest contributor" when it came to jet aviation fuel and believed that the singer "missed the trick" with how she responded to Sweeney.
"What you (Taylor Swift) should have said is, 'You're right, times have moved on. I've got to change my practice. I'm going to sell my private jets'. And that would have been such a powerful thing for her to say to an audience," he said.
He elaborated:
"And I mean, her audience is primarily a young audience, isn't it? I mean, you can't say she's responsible for climate breakdown. But she's an icon. And as a consequence of that, she should be leading."
On June 22, when Taylor Swift will be performing in Wembly, Chris Packham will be at Central London leading a Walk for Nature rally. Packham told the publication that it would make his weekend if Taylor Swift showed up at the end of the rally and announced that she was giving up flying on private jets.
