Charlie Moores, a founder of Birders Against Wildlife Crime, birder, ace podcaster and audio-producer for Lush, says: ‘The ‘glorious’ ritualised slaughter of hundreds of thousands of wild birds can’t be defended from any moral or ethical position. It takes a wrecking ball to precious moorland habitats and is underpinned by wildlife crime. Let’s get…
Category: e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting
We are 21,500 ahead
The supporters of a ban on driven grouse shooting, are now 21,500 signatures ahead of the forces of conservatism who wish this unsustainable hobby of shooting birds for fun and profit to continue. We’ve pushed on by another 900 signatures in the last week. But it’s not quite as simple as that, as there are…
Can you guess?
Gavin Gamble’s e-petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting ends on Monday 2 April. How many signatures do you think it will achieve? I’ll happily send a signed, hardback copy of Remarkable Birds, or of Fighting for Birds if you prefer, to you or a named recipient in the UK if you come…
We are 20,700 ahead
The supporters of a ban on driven grouse shooting, are now 20,700 signatures ahead of the forces of conservatism who wish this unsustainable hobby of shooting birds for fun and profit to continue. We’ve pushed on by another 1000 signatures in the last week. But it’s not quite as simple as that, as there are…
Marc’d down on Wemmergill
The news (RSPB blog, RPUK blog) of yet another disappeared Hen Harrier from the cohort of 2017 youngsters is not a great surprise. There aren’t that many left! But the location is interesting – Wemmergill Moor. Wemmergill Moor is a big-name grouse moor. Until 2006, this moor, of 17,000 acres had been in the same…