You can have your say in the future of one of our wildlife crime hotspots – otherwise known as the Yorkshire Dales National Park. This consultation is very much to be welcomed and it’s very quick to complete; if you can remember your gender, age and postcode then you can fill in 3 of the…
Category: Grouse and harriers
Farming Today on licensing for game shoots in Scotland.
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Farming Today interviewed Ian Thomson from the RSPB about last Wednesday’s proposals to license game shooting in Scotland. Starts 7 minutes 20 seconds into the programme. RSPB not against driven grouse shooting. Scottish Land and Estates all in favour of stamping out wildlife crime but did a Theresa May and sent a note instead of…
Let’s see the back of Andrew Bingham in High Peak
The Peak District is a fulcrum for change in the British uplands and has been the scene of three Hen Harrier Day events so far. Each of those events was held in the constituency of Andrew Bingham, High Peak, but we didn’t see him at any of them. The constituents of High Peak were strong…
Let’s see the back of Craig Whittaker in Calder Valley
Calder Valley was the constituency that provided the most signatures for my e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. In fact it produced 871 (out of 123,077) signatures. The rival e-petition, supporting grouse shooting, accumulated just 31 signatures in Calder Valley (and only 25,322 overall). And yet Conservative MP for the Calder Valley, Craig Whittaker, spoke…
Satellite-tagged Golden Eagles killed on grouse moors – official!
Golden Eagles are illegally killed on grouse moors – it’s official. It’s not a surprise, and it’s been a while coming, but there isn’t a hiding place for grouse moor managers in Scotland. And we are sure to see Scottish politicians following through on this report – after all, they’ve had enough time to think…