From Rob Cooke, Natural England’s Director of Terrestrial Biodiversity: ‘Natural England is extremely disappointed to hear of the recent case in Yorkshire in which three pole traps were set. We strongly condemn the use of these barbaric, indiscriminate traps, which have been outlawed for more than a century, and urge anyone who has evidence of…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
Someone mentioned the pole traps but I think they got away with it…
This appeared on the website of the former newspaper The Independent yesterday evening. Well done Guy Shorrock for some excellent quotes which I hope will be carried forward into the RSPB statement on Monday. The GWCT now take over from the Moorland Association in having given the most fatuous quote of the year on raptor…
Shhhhh! Don’t mention the poletraps…
It’s all very quiet isn’t it? Considering how many organisations are falling over themselves to spout their enormous concern about wildlife crime against birds of prey on grouse moors when it comes to providing a solution for the grouse moor managers (poor things!) there is very little discussion of this admission of guilt by a…
Looking forward to talking in Oxford
I’m looking forward to talking in the Oxford Festival of Nature next week. I’ll be talking about…guess what?…why we should ban driven grouse shooting and why the residents of Oxford should do some catching up (per capita) with the residents of Cambridge in signing our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. Cambridge 110 signatures…
Donations gratefully accepted
Thank you to all who gave generously in response to yesterday’s request for support to enable us to publicise the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. Every pound helps! Thank you. Your donation will be spent to publicise the campaign and e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting in the following ways: design, printing and postage…
Poletraps on the Yorkshire Dales grouse moors – caution!
In a blog post that should change the course of the summer, the RSPB reveals a case of three poletraps being placed on a grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. What the RSPB says: Read it all here, but here’s a summary. Three set pole traps were found on a grouse moor in…
Would you buy me a pint, please?
I bet you would! This one looks nice – see more about it here. Instead of buying me a pint please consider making a small-ish, pint-sized (though gallon-sized would be fine too), donation to the campaign to ban driven grouse shooting. Your donation will be spent to publicise the campaign and e-petition to ban driven…
Thunderclap
Stewart Abbott has started a thunderclap to promote the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. It’s already well-supported (thank you all!) but everyone who joins it helps to spread the word and recruit more supporters. If you are active on Twitter, Facebook or tumblr then please consider adding your name to this thunderclap and that…
A welcome move north of the border
I’m very pleased to hear that preparations are well under way to start a petition aimed at the Scottish parliament to ban driven grouse shooting. This would be very welcome and just as Scotland has strongly supported my/our e-petition aimed at the Westminster parliament then I will certainly promote a similar vehicle in Scotland. Watch…
Bird Fair – Friday debate on driven grouse shooting.
Are you coming to the Bird Fair in August? Come on the Friday and you can attend a debate on whether we should ban driven grouse shooting with myself and the leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett on one side and a representative of the GWCT on the other with, we very much hope,…