Government slammed for ignoring tax payers’ voices as it defends grouse shooting interests using dubious industry data The government’s response to a petition calling for driven grouse shooting to be banned is dismissive, poorly considered and influenced by vested commercial interests, say leading wildlife advocates Dr Mark Avery, Bill Oddie OBE and Chris Packham and…
Author: Mark
Born Bristol, UK
Educated: Cleeve House School Bristol, Bristol Grammar School and Downing College Cambridge
Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Winter activity of pipistrelle bats.
NERC post-doctoral Research Fellow, Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University
Former Conservation Director of the RSPB, 1989-2011
Newsletters
Do you have a newsletter that would publish an article on driven grouse shooting before 20 September? Perhaps a Bird Club? A Natural History Society? A WI group? Whatever… I’d be happy to provide something in order to spread the word. What I need from you is: a deadline a word limit information about the…
A slap in the face from Defra to the public
In a breathtaking example of arrogance, Defra has merely cut and pasted their response to a previous e-petition as their response to our current e-petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. All the things that were wrong with their previous response are wrong with their current response. We know that ministers sign off…
Month 1 – well done us!
At lunchtime today our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting will have been running for a month – and will have five months to go. We are only 20% of the way through and we are approaching 30,000 signatures (29,870 this morning). Fantastic! Thank you to everyone who has signed, shared and helped. The ‘100…
Your Police and Crime Commissioner
If you live in England or Wales, outside of London, then on 5 May you can vote for your Police and Crime Commissioner. Do you know who your candidates are? Do you know what they think about wildlife crime? No, nor me! But there is still just time to find out. I’ll try to provide…