…except, of course, grouse shooters. The Labour Party is calling for one – see here page 12. Les Wallace has a petition on the subject – see here and please sign.
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A burning question
On Monday the heather burning season opens and the hills will start to be torched. In the Labour Party’s Green Transformation document, launched last week at the Labour Conference in Liverpool, it states ‘End rotational heather burning and launch an independent review into the economic, environmental and wildlife impacts of driven grouse shooting‘. You will…
Don’t vote for me – vote for him!
It’s very nice to have been nominated, for the second year, for The Great Outdoors Awards 2018. Woohoo! as they say. I’m in the Campaigner of the Year category – which is recognition enough. Thank you. Also in the same category is Chris Packham so you’d be bonkers to vote for me instead of him….
Your wildlife champions?
There are plenty of reasons why MPs were unable to attend the Walk for Wildlife in London on Saturday – and plenty of good reasons too. And there are plenty of good reasons why lots of other supporters of the event were unable to attend. But of the nearly 40 MPs who have signed up…
Guest blog – Driven Grouse Shooting – your bluff’s been called by Les Wallace
Who I am – Scottish with a fascination for wildlife from childhood – in lieu of formal qualifications (and not being able to flash them about!) – was on the 1990 International Youth Conservation Exchange to Hungary, was the 1993 winner of the BBC Wildlife Magazine ‘Realms of the Russian Bear’ competition and spent nearly…