This is Lead Week on this blog. The lead levels in game meat are due to the fact that they have lead shot propelled into them to kill them. Other forms of ammunition are available and are used widely in other parts of the world for shooting game for food or fun. The trouble with…
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Lead Week, 2 #Pbweekmia
This is Lead Week on this blog. Some background: Lead is a poison. We have removed lead from paints, water pipes, fishing weights, and most significantly from petrol. All of these changes were opposed by vested interests at the time and no-one is asking for those changes to…
Lead Week – Pb#1
This is Lead Week on this blog. Later this week I will reveal the results of the analyses* of Red Grouse purchased in Iceland Food stores earlier in the year. These results will be of particular interest to Iceland Foods and Iceland Food customers. These results will also be of interest to other supermarkets which…
A bit of perspective
Our e-petition to ask government to ban driven grouse shooting received 33,615 signatures (and it is still going up slowly as people click on their confirmation emails). I think that is pretty good and certainly represents considerable progress on last year. I’d like to thank everyone who helped – but I can’t name everyone here…
Saturday cartoon by Ralph Underhill
The ‘100 club’
Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting closed at midnight on Thursday and now, with most people who signed before midnight having clicked on the confirmation email, it has reached a total of 33,614 signatures; rather satisfyingly, exactly 50% more than last year’s similar e-petition. Without any practical support from our large wildlife NGOs, we…
33,575 (and counting)
33,575* Thank you to the 33,574 of you who also signed my (our) e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. This sends a message to government and the grouse shooting industry that things need to change. You have sent a strong message to wildlife NGOs that there is huge popular support for a much more…
We have a much better plan
If these kids are to see Hen Harriers in the English uplands then we need a better plan than that of the hapless Defra. And we do… …here it is… Ban driven grouse shooting! – please sign this e-petition now! E-petition closes at 23:59, today, Thursday.
We have a better plan
If we are all to see Hen Harriers (like the female above) in the English uplands then we need a better plan than that of the hapless Defra. And we do… …here it is… Ban driven grouse shooting! – please sign this e-petition now! E-petition closes at 23:59, today, Thursday.
This is a damaged landscape
No-one could look across this landscape and see a natural one. It is burned to bits! This management is solely carried out so that there are lots of Red Grouse that rich people can shoot. Grouse moor management leads to increased flood risk, reduced aquatic life, higher water treatment costs, damage to protected habitats and…