Patrick Barkham in the Guardian today. ‘Grouse shooting has survived so far because big landowners can ignore sea changes in public opinion. But politicians cannot.‘ ‘As grouse shooting becomes socially toxic, businesses will also shy away. And the lavish subsidies pocketed by grouse moor owners will vanish with Brexit.’ …and more. Please read it…
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Response from NE – Bowland Gull Cull 3
Well! I suppose I might accept their answer to the first question – I don’t want adversely to affect the course of justice, do I? But either NE have or haven’t given a consent… As far as the second answer is concerned (in the course of completion) – I don’t really believe…
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (9)
Yes, it’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters Bad days (1), Bad days (2), Bad days (3), Bad days (4), Bad days (5), Bad days (6), Bad days (7), Bad days (8). And added to all that, there were the recent results of the 2016 Hen Harrier survey which showed a further…
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (8)
The poll on whether grouse shooting should be banned (Banned remember! Not better regulated – the whole nine yards of banning) in the Yorkshire Post (the Yorkshire Post – not the Islington Post) is neatly poised at close to 50:50 after more than 10,000 votes. In fact, not banning it was a smidgeon (second use…
It’s been a really bad few days for the grouse shooters (7)
I’m really not well up on what happened in the English uplands this weekend – not just on Ilkley Moor (above) but also elsewhere. I’d be keen to know what happened – can anyone tell please? And I have always wondered where the legal line is about walking on moors when shooting might be…