Standing up for Nature
This Giant River Otter looks like a rock star singing into a microphone It even has its eyes closed as if it is really concentrating. What it’s really doing is eating an Armoured Catfish tail first. It has managed to scuff its knuckles and head, probably by bumping into things in that opaque water. Giant…
Mountain Hares are culled in uncontrolled and sometimes very large numbers on grouse moors, primarily in Scotland, because the hares carry a tick, which carries a virus, which can harm Red Grouse, that people will pay large sums to shoot. One Kind, a Scottish-based wildlife NGO is one of the organisations campaigning to end this…
A few updates and things that caught my eye or my ear: That excellent blog, Raptor Persecution UK, is 7 today – Happy Birthday! the dawn chorus is getting going – Song Thrushes dominate the sound when I pick up the milk bottles from my doorstep in the morning new US Interior Secretary, Ryan Zinke,…
BASC former Chief Executive, Richard Ali, was dismissed for gross misconduct (full report with lots of gory details). Remember BASC is not a charity, so the Charity Commission holds no sway here. These people have guns.
New, reported, positive cases of H5N8 identified in wild birds have settled down to just one each week – last week’s was another Whooper Swan in Norfolk. There seems to be a shift in positive cases in wild birds in Europe to represent more Mute Swans and Whooper Swans – although since testing of living…