I’ve meant to come back to this for a while. Do you remember the dead Starlings found on a road in Anglesey? Well the police say that they were avoiding a predator – see here. I wonder. I’m not sure that the burden of evidence is anything like good enough. I’m happy to put it…
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When Donald Trump is apoplectic with Boris Johnson in a phone call it’s a bit difficult to know where one’s sympathies lie. I guess that we know that Donald Trump is pretty certainly irredeemably bad whereas Boris Johnson has time to amaze us with good things in future. But it did mean that for a…
How we are described
I was very glad to see that my friend, and co-founder of Wild Justice, Ruth Tingay, got the Daily Mail to change their words and apologise for describing her as an anti-hunt extremist. I’ve known Ruth for years, and have spent what sometimes seem like years in a car with her, and I don’t recall…
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Press release from Leigh Day
Cumbrian campaign group granted permission for judicial review of County Council’s approval of coal mine Campaign Group, Keep Cumbrian Coal in the Hole, have been granted permission for a judicial review of Cumbria County Council’s decision to allow the first deep coal mine in 30 years in the UK to be built. Keep Cumbrian Coal…
Paul Andrew, 1953-2020
Mark writes: Paul Andrew was a birder and conservationist who went to the same school that I did; Bristol Grammar School. Paul was about to leave BGS when I arrived and so I can’t say I knew him well – he was one of those god-like older boys who could identify all birds. But I…
BASC – so predictable
BASC is miffed by Wild Justice’s legal action against the lawfulness of Natural Resources Wales’s general licences. In a badly written statement which doesn’t say much, but says most of it twice, BASC calls Wild Justice a bunch of names. Apparently Wild Justice is attacking the countryside whereas we (Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and I)…
Thank you!
279 donors and fully funded in less than 45 hours. I am always touched by the generosity of nature lovers. Thank you. Our legal team is very fired up for this appeal which happens on the 17 and 18 March in the Court of Appeal before three judges (identities unknown, as yet).
Wild Justice challenges Welsh general licences
Wild Justice revealed yesterday evening that it had written to Natural Resource Wales challenging the legality of their general licences. Wild Justice is waiting for a response from DEFRA, requested by the end of this week, on its plans for new general licences this year when the current ones run out at the end of…
#justice4henharriers – crowdfunder almost there!
The Hen Harrier is an amazing bird, and the image I’ve used here from Gordon Yates is an amazing image, and you are amazingly generous people. We are almost there and, until 11am today, we are still on Day 2. Thank you very much to over 250 donors. Another 23 fivers will get us there!…