Today’s Daily Telegraph has a bit of a go at Tony Juniper for knowing me… It has emerged that Mr Juniper has close links with the group’s [Wild Justice’s] co-founder, former RSPB conservation director Mark Avery. The pair appear to go back a long way. Two years ago, Mr Juniper collaborated on behind More Binoculars,…
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Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
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Carrion Crows – new licensing regulations
I’ve only scanned this and it needs careful reading but it appears to represent a massive change. Click here.
Pigeon Pie and the General Licences
Woodpigeon. Photo: Tim Melling Let us take Woodpigeon as an example. Under what circumstances do Woodpigeons cause serious damage to crops – and what constitutes serious damage? And which crops can be seriously damaged by Woodpigeons at which times of year? How is the shooting of Woodpigeons solely for food consumption legal – we suspect…
NE start to talk
On Farming Today, Marian Spain, the interim Chief Exec of Natural England starts to talk about what the new system of licensing to cover the 16 species on the former General Licences will look like. Marian is quite clear that ‘the licences were unlawful’. Wild Justice will be looking at the new system of licensing…
Guest blog – Rewilding: a personal perspective by Paul Sterry
Rewilding – a personal perspective There was a time in my life when the worst question you could ask me was ‘Where were you born?’ I would squirm and try to change the subject but if pressed I had to answer ‘Basingstoke’. In my formative years this was a source of deep embarrassment. Jane Austen…
First steps to new licensing system
Late last night Natural England posted this which includes these words: The decision to revoke these licences was not taken lightly. Natural England explored all other options available, but was left with no choice but to revoke the licences in order to comply with the law. General licences will be restored as quickly as possible,…
RSPB press release
Over 40 million birds have vanished from UK skies in just 50 years, it is time to Let Nature Sing The RSPB is releasing a track of pure bird song to raise awareness of the shocking loss of over 40 million birds from the UK in just 50 years. ‘Let Nature Sing’ features the song…
Natural England – where are you?
I’ve spoken to quite a few journalists over the last couple of days – all have said that Natural England is refusing to comment on the General Licence issue. I find this shocking – if Natural England won’t talk about it then Defra should. But Natural England should. Where is their Chair? Their Chief Exec?…
Not so nice people
Here is a selection of messages that Wild Justice has received over the last couple of days since news of our General Licence victory has emerged: What a bunch of tossers you lot really are you couldn’t run a piss up in a brewery Fuck off Are you aware that your fantastic legal work on…