Standing up for Nature
Dr Therese Coffey is the junior minister at Defra. When Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting passes 10,000 signatures (and it stands at over 9600) then Dr Coffey will need to sign off a government response. In order that she does not make Defra look even more foolish than they do…
From Fighting for Birds: I was on a train to London on 24 October 2007 when one of my staff ‘phoned me up and said he’d had a phone call from a Natural England staff member who had just seen two hen harriers shot out of the air on or near the Sandringham Estate….
Prof David Bryant is a distinguished ornithologist who was the first Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Exeter until his retirement some years ago. He set up the Centre for Ecology and Conservation on the Penryn Campus of the University of Exeter in 2003. But here he writes about an event which happened…
Saturday’s election of NT Council members may be just as significant as the vote on the members’ resolution on trail hunting. Although the Council members don’t get to decide very much they do elect the Chair of Trustees and the trustees from their number – so they elect the inner circle who do make most…
Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is within 500 signatures of triggering a response from Defra – that will mark a valuable milestone. It seems to have been around for ages but it’s only three weeks! Here are the leading constituencies so far – many of them are old friends (these all have…