Natural England replies

Natural England has replied to me, and at least one of you, concerning our emails about the ‘Man guarding his model Hen Harrier in the Peak District’ affair. The email does come from the email address of the Chair and CEO of NE but is signed by the Area Manager for the East Midlands. ‘Thank…

Well done Rob Sheldon!

Yesterday, at midnight, Rob Sheldon could stop looking at how his e-petition was doing and relax.  His e-petition to ban the use of toxic lead ammunition had passed 17,000 signatures and had run its six-month course. 17,051 is a perfectly respectable total – and  is probably more than Rob had hoped for at the beginning,…

And thank you Northern Ireland!

Most of Northern Ireland is far away from any driven grouse shooting and yet the support for our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is growing all the time. Here are the numbers of signatures from the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies this time (second number, and after just six weeks) compared with last time (first…

Professor Carl Jones Wins 2016 Indianapolis Prize

Prof Carl Jones has won the prestigious, and valuable, Indianapolis Prize for 2016.  I’m a fan of his – so I am very pleased. “The Indianapolis Prize has two primary functions,” said Michael I. Crowther, President & CEO of the Indianapolis Zoological Society, which administers the award. “First, it rewards and honors animal conservationists who…