Standing up for Nature
Do you remember being offered the chance to guess the total that we would reach by midnight on the 31 July – that’s Sunday? Here are the guesses (closest gets a signed copy of the new paperback edition of Inglorious): 51495 Robert Kingsbury-Barker 51798 Roger Little 53471 Sue 54356 Peter Swallow 54731 notso 55333 Steven…
Shooter’s Lament We grouse shooters have some gall, You cannot trust us, not at all. Our chaps in Defra raised the hope, That brood meddling would soft soap, The likes of Rory and Ms Truss. Whilst we got on with little fuss, With the business we like the best, Ridding moors of every damn pest:…
The RSPB today turned its back on the failing and doomed Defra Hen Harrier plan – and quite right too. Humming a Shania Twain song, ‘Dance with the one that brought you‘ the RSPB turned its back on the grouse moor owners and came back to us. Thank you RSPB. Where does that leave the…
The outgoing Defra ministers of Liz Truss and Rory Stewart, most particularly the latter, bear much of the responsibility for the shambles that is the government approach to Hen Harrier conservation in England. After today’s withdrawal of the RSPB from the hopeless Defra Hen Harrier Inaction Plan – because it is already clear that it…
This is the latest in the series of videos by Chris Packham asking people to sign the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. This short video discusses the damage to ecosystem services done by all that burning and draining of our hills just so that a few people can shoot Red Grouse for fun. …