It was last Sunday that our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting – or at least to get a debate on the subject in the Westminster parliament – passed 20,000 signatures. Yesterday, Saturday it romped past 21,000 and today, it is within a couple of score of 22,000. Please note – we are not even…
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Lead – mark this quote for later.
There is a piece in the Sunday Telegraph today about the findings of the Lead Ammunition Group. There isn’t anything new in it for readers of this blog (The findings of the Lead Ammunition Group, 9 September 2015 ) except some quotes. Those quotes from the chair of the group, the ex chief executive of…
Some of Ralph Underhill’s best cartoons from 2013
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Ralph is on holiday – and he deserves it! He has provided cartoons for this website for three years now – very reliable guy! Here are a few of my favourites from 2013!
Two AGMs – RSPB
Ahead of today’s RSPB AGM, Martin Harper posted a very robust blog about the RSPB’s position on driven grouse shooting (click here). Just as I did yesterday, Martin asked the question whether there are any grouse moors out there that do all the right things. He clearly doesn’t know of any (which makes licensing a…
Two AGMs – H&OT
Today it is the Hawk and Owl Trust’s AGM. On the H&OT website is their annual report which has these interesting lines in it: ‘For the Hawk and Owl Trust positive habitat management away from the grouse moors will be one of the actions that will hold the key to the future of the hen…