Standing up for Nature
A strange-looking milestone perhaps… But last year this was the number of signatures gathered by my (our) previous e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. That one was launched in late May 2014 and lasted until the beginning of the general election campaign in late March 2015. This year we have reached the same milestone, not…
By education and training I am a microbiologist and worked in the NHS and biotech sector. I finished my working career in clinical research and patient safety in the pharmaceutical industry, so am a firm believer in evidence-based science. I’ve been a member of the RSPB for many years and started volunteering for them when…
Speak out for Mauritius fruit bats which are facing an unscientific cull. There is little evidence of economic harm; there is little certainty of the bat population size (it’s probably smaller than thought); there are much better alternatives which will increase fruit yields. See what the Mauritian Wildlife Fund say about the proposed cull…
I’m heading back ‘oop north’ tomorrow. Having spoken at the Ilkley Literature Festival on Saturday (hope to write a few words about that soon – but it was fun!) I’ll be quite nearby at the Geography Department in Leeds University tomorrow lunchtime (Garstang level 8 seminar room) and then at the Hebden Bridge Trades Club…
Today the League Against Cruel Sports publish a report by Andy Wightman (land ownership expert) and Ruth Tingay (raptor expert) on Scottish grouse moors. It seems, to me, to be a bit of a departure for LACS as its full of rather dry facts – dry, that is, until you put them all together in…