This is their pinned Tweet on Twitter and has been for a month; Their online shop is closed; Their Facebook page is similar; Seems quite serious and worrying. I wish the Woodland Trust well but it’s probably time for Woodland Trust to come clean to their supporters and others about what is happening.
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Ban driven grouse shooting – debate postponed
This email arrived overnight to tell me that debates in Westminster Hall are now postponed due to COVID. It’s a shame that the ‘Don’t criminalise trespass‘ petition won’t get its well-deserved debate and ‘Ban driven grouse shooting‘ also has to wait for a few more weeks for its latest outing. But it makes quite a…
Guest blog by Celtic Reptile and Amphibian
Celtic Reptile & Amphibian is an organisation which focusses on ex-situ conservation of UK and European native herps, through captive breeding. Twitter @CelticReptile See more here. Harvey Tweats is one Co-director of Celtic Reptile & Amphibian and focusses on ecology and species restoration. He is a longstanding rewilder and widescale nature restoration advocate, inspired by…
A couple of interesting and ueful exchanges in the House of Lords on Tuesday
Does the Pope believe in cod?
Apologies for the title but I couldn’t resist… Although being a person of no faith myself, I sometimes wonder why religions are not much more involved in the moral case for nature conservation and animal welfare. I guess they are probably more involved than I notice but there is no way that they could be…