Many of us have had replies from the Independent Press Standards Organsiation along the following lines, after complaining about the Telegraph article, or regurgitated YFTB erroneous press release, of the week before last (see here and here): ‘We have conducted an assessment of your complaint against The Daily Telegraph and have decided that this…
Category: BAN DRIVEN GROUSE SHOOTING
Another funny thing that happened yesterday – #inglorious12th
I did a couple of radio interviews yesterday morning, from the BBC Millbank studios in London – with BBC Radios Leeds and York (one of which was with Amanda Anderson of the Moorland Association). You can see how glamorous the studios are from the photo. And the evening before I’d been in the same Millbank…
A funny thing happened yesterday – the #inglorious12th
Usually, on the first day of the Red Grouse shooting season, there are lots of photos of men in tweed ‘oop on t’moors, wi’ guns’ practising a peculiarly British unsporting sport. But yesterday the papers were practically devoid of such nonsense and what coverage there was seemed to carry news of the fact that grouse…
Why driven grouse shooting is doomed
I’m quite often asked whether I really want a ban on driven grouse shooting – I do! And then I’m sometimes told that ‘It’ll never happen’ and I say ‘It will’. This is why. Let’s start with the very obvious, but rarely stated, fact that driven grouse shooting is not essential. We don’t need it….
What some other papers say
In a long piece in the Daily Record on Saturday, Annie Brown (The true cost of grouse shooting) talks about the move to ban driven grouse shooting, and quotes me extensively. In the Glasgow Herald, there is a piece entitled ‘Calls mount for ban on grouse shooting‘ where an animal welfare charity, OneKind, formerly known…
What the Sunday papers say
We (I’m not sure exactly who ‘we’ is, but it certainly includes this blog and many of its readers, along with the RSPB, Chris Packham, BAWC, Raptor Persecution Scotland, Raptor Politics and others) have changed the way the media look at the opening of the grouse shooting season – the Inglorious 12th (this year on…
LUSH bath-bomb the criminals
This Hen Harrier bath bomb goes on sale today in Lush stores around the country – what fun. Named Skydancer – far from the madding guns, this liquorice-scented bath bomb will ‘disappear’ in your bath but fill it with a lovely aroma. Just add water (not gamekeeper). Remember that five male Hen Harriers disappeared from…
Henry is puzzled
Henry is confused – but then, he only has the brain of a bird. The National Trust sometimes describes itself as ‘one of Europe’s leading nature conservation organisations’ but sometimes it seems to be lurking at the rear rather than leading anything. It’s puzzling for we National Trust members not just for a bird-brained Hen…
A lie can travel…
A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes You will have noticed, if an avid reader of this blog, that I wasn’t impressed by the Daily Telegraph error-strewn article about Hen Harriers earlier in the week (see here, here and here). And it was error-strewn. But anyone…
Chris Packham talking naturally to Charlie Moores
You’ll enjoy listening to this podcast recorded on Monday when a small gang of us visited Chris Packham in the New Forest. Chris talks to Charlie Moores about Hen Harriers and Hen Harrier Day, Cecil the Lion, hatred and deep loathing, the state of wildlife NGOs, the BTO, looking at butterflies and what the future…