Andrea Goddard co-founded Let’s Get MAD for Wildlife in April 2014 and is a passionate wildlife enthusiast who has volunteered for the RSPB for five years in various capacities, but mainly at Tollie red kites. She is studying Environmental Science for a BSc (Hons) at Inverness University of the Highlands and Islands. 2nd Year Anniversary of…
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If we left the EU…
My MP is keen that we should vote to leave the EU. He replied to me in a letter ‘This means that we currently send £50 million a day to the European union. If the UK was not in the EU, we could spend this money on farming and our public services, as we see…
Four interesting cases – #4
And our fourth example of illegal persecution is a Welsh one. It is the case described by the Raptor Persecution Scotland blog here and here and then as follows (an extract) on the RSPB Investigations blog. It’s another eye-opening account of what is going on, and this time it is in a Welsh National Park…
Four interesting cases – #3
This is the third example of a case of illegal raptor persecution – this one is from Scotland and was taken from Tingay, R.E. (2015). Natural Injustice – Paper I: A review of the enforcement of wildlife protection legislation in Scotland. Scottish Environment LINK, Perth, Scotland. “A white-tailed eagle was found dead close to the…
Four interesting cases – #2
For our second example of a case of illegal raptor persecution that did not make it to the courts I’ll take you back to the ‘Sandringham harriers case’. This is an extract from Fighting for Birds (pp196-98): Mark writes in Fighting for Birds: I was on a train to London on 24 October 2007 when…
Four interesting cases – #1
At the BAWC conference I read out some accounts of illegal persecution that had not resulted in court cases, let alone convictions. They illustrate what is apparently happening, and also how difficult it is to get a conviction because of the circumstances of these crimes. This is the first of four such accounts I’ll publish…
Your top three happiness habits?
I bet something to do with nature is one of them – it is for many people (including me).
An eye-opener on optics
Ethical Consumer magazine has published a report on the links between optics companies (binoculars, telescopes, cameras) and hunting. It’s an eye-opener. Now I had occasionally thought about the fact that the people who make birdwatchers’ binoculars might well be selling the same or similar to hunters – and to be honest it has never worried…
Help save the Mountain Hare from GWCT
Mountain Hares rush to leave their worldly possessions to the GWCT – not! Adam Smith from the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust in Scotland said that it was possible the dead hares in the photo below were “part of a sustainable harvest”. That’ll be a great relief to these Mountain Hares and they will be…