A recent article in Shooting UK asks ‘Has commercial driven shooting reached a watershed?’ – it sure has! It’s an interesting read, it’s always interesting to see what others think about things that interest you, but my take would be a little different than the author’s. First, it’s a bit surprising that the author can’t bring…
Category: Lead
Ban lead ammunition
This is good – please support it. I hope we get asked by RSPB and WWT to support it too – I don’t think I have been so far.
‘I cannot let great recipes die just to be politically correct’ – Tom Kitchin
‘Every year when August 12 comes round I get so many trolls on my Twitter feed, telling me about lead poisoning, about hen harriers, but I cannot let great recipes die just to be politically correct.’ says the Michelin-starred chef Tom Kitchin, whose Edinburgh restaurant specialises in all sorts of game (as quoted in The…
Not so great British Game Week
Great British Game Week ended yesterday. I’m sure it was a great success but on Twitter the top posts were all to do with raptor persecution – there’s an example below. Well done! To @raptorpersscot, @_robsheldon , @ban_dgs and others for using this social media opportunity to ram home the message that driven grouse…
Who deserves better protection – your child or your dog?
If you eat pork, chicken, beef etc then there is a statutory legal limit to how much lead that food can contain – it is set at 10ppb (parts per billion). If you eat game, such as Pheasant, Grey Partridge, Red Grouse, Rabbit etc, then no such legal level applies – even though in many…