The story so far: For several years this blog, and lots of M&S customers, have been asking M&S (previously run by a keen shooter, Marc Bolland) not to sell Red Grouse in their stores – and so far they haven’t. The production of Red Grouse for driven grouse shooting is environmentally damaging and is underpinned…
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
…then they fight you and then you win! We will win.
See this piece in tomorrow’s Daily Mirror which is already online. @HuntingSolution is followed by 1000 people – I would just ask them whether they follow this account because of, or despite this type of ignorant rudeness. I haven’t seen a RT of any of this by Nicholas Soames MP and I rather hope he…
M&S – oh dear, oh dear, oh dear!
M&S announced today that they intend to sell Red Grouse meat this year – I had asked them following previous years discussion (2014: here and here; 2015 here and here). Today I asked M&S some questions. Here are their answers: ‘Our team have worked with the RSPB and the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust…
Questions for M&S
Following their announcement today, I’ve been in touch with the M&S press office and they say they’ll get back to me with clarification on these questions – later today. That’s very nice of them. can you please send me a copy of your code of practice for selling game meat? who are, or at…
M&S are preparing to sell Red Grouse
In reply to this blog, M&S have just recently tweeted: ‘Last year we worked with independent industry experts & the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust to introduce the industry’s first ‘Codes of Practice’ to ensure all our game, including grouse, is sourced to the highest standards of game & moorland management. In accordance with this,…