This is Lead Week on this blog. The lead levels in game meat are due to the fact that they have lead shot propelled into them to kill them. Other forms of ammunition are available and are used widely in other parts of the world for shooting game for food or fun. The trouble with…
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
Lead Week, 2 #Pbweekmia
This is Lead Week on this blog. Some background: Lead is a poison. We have removed lead from paints, water pipes, fishing weights, and most significantly from petrol. All of these changes were opposed by vested interests at the time and no-one is asking for those changes to…
Lead Week – Pb#1
This is Lead Week on this blog. Later this week I will reveal the results of the analyses* of Red Grouse purchased in Iceland Food stores earlier in the year. These results will be of particular interest to Iceland Foods and Iceland Food customers. These results will also be of interest to other supermarkets which…
A bit of perspective
Our e-petition to ask government to ban driven grouse shooting received 33,615 signatures (and it is still going up slowly as people click on their confirmation emails). I think that is pretty good and certainly represents considerable progress on last year. I’d like to thank everyone who helped – but I can’t name everyone here…