Today the RSPB has withdrawn its support from the Defra Hen Harrier Plan. Well done them! Martin Harper explains in his blog that the voluntary approach (to abiding by the law!) has failed. Essentially the RSPB is saying that they do not trust the grouse shooters and have no confidence that the words they speak…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
RSPB statement just published
This statement has just appeared on Martin Harper’s blog – analysis and comment very soon.
The latest Packham video on driven grouse shooting
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. …
Dear Minister
Dear Minister Welcome to your new role in Defra following in the rather small footsteps of Rory Stewart. It is to be hoped that you will be able to do more good for wildlife and the environment than your predecessor. You have a wide range of jobs to do but may I point you in…
M&S – signs of cracking?
There was a piece in yesterday’s Sunday Herald where Rob Edwards asked M&S whether they would answer any of the questions that we have been asking them – and they wouldn’t. M&S are getting it so, so, so wrong. If you started believing that they couldn’t be doing anything wrong in selling grouse meat you…
M&S in the news for planning to sell high-lead grouse meat
Chris Packham’s video which asks M&S not to sell grouse meat shot with lead in their stores, stating that he will boycott M&S if they do, and asking people to sign the petition to ban driven grouse shooting, has made the news. Perhaps for readers of this blog, the most interesting piece of the…
Game-licensing for Scotland
A new petition has been launched in Scotland – calling for licensing of game estates. The name on the petition is the leading light of the Scottish Raptor Study Groups, the inestimable Logan Steele, and this e-petition does put large emphasis on the impacts of gamebird shooting, of any species of game, on birds of…
M&S in a mess
Have you seen the video by Chris Packham talking about grouse shooting and lead levels in shot grouse? Have a look. Many are asking questions of M&S ahead of their AGM tomorrow – so should shareholders and investors. Here are some questions: if M&S have an industry-leading Code of Practice for game meat – why…
Watch this Chris Packham video
If you have been following the M&S grouse story then you will be interested to see this video from Chris Packham on You tube. Looks like M&S has lost another customer… For new readers: M&S refuse to answer reasonable questions 8 July 2016 M&S AGM 4 July 2016 This is not just spin,…
Rural rides 1
You can almost walk from North Foreland in Kent to Lands End, Cornwall along the south coast of England sticking to constituencies with over a 100 signatures for our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. But Chichester, on 99 signatures, is a bit of a blocker for a little while. I’ve never been to the…