Mountain Hares rush to leave their worldly possessions to the GWCT – not! Adam Smith from the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust in Scotland said that it was possible the dead hares in the photo below were “part of a sustainable harvest”. That’ll be a great relief to these Mountain Hares and they will be…
Category: SHOOTERS
GWCT burningbloggate 3 – evasion, evasion, evasion
I had a feeling it was worth numbering these blogs! The hapless GWCT have been stung into responding to the questions posed here – but with evasion not with answers. Their slipping integrity slips further. GWCT say: Step 1 – We became aware that this paper had been made publicly available on Swansea University’s website….
GWCT burningbloggate 2 – questions, questions, questions
There was a bit of chatter at the weekend’s BAWC conference about the role of the GWCT in the continuing breaking of the embargo of a scientific paper about burning of heather that will not be published until 23 May. Most people just shrugged and said something rude about GWCT indicating their lack of respect…
GWCT burningbloggate
For a spin doctor, Andrew Gilruth has led the GWCT into a terrible place. This is an organisation that claims it is great at science – it used to be, but its best days are long gone. But if you are going to trade on your past scientific reputation then you have to play by…
Much less murky
The GWCT, YFTB, The Times and the Shooting Times are all making hay over an embargoed scientific paper which the rest of us can’t access. It’s pretty shoddy behaviour really. They should all remove their online articles and wait for the publication of the paper in May. I contacted the authors of the paper today….
Murky
When having a go at others it is best to be sure that you are on the moral high ground and not to sink into the depths. Please note, GWCT, YFTB and The Times. Yesterday the GWCT published a blog on their website. It refers to a paper which has not yet been published, and…
A bit of a round up
five MPs were treated to a day’s shooting by BASC, to the value of £772 each. The five MPs were the chair of the all-party shooting and conservation (ho! ho!) group, Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (Con, Cotswolds), Bill Wiggin MP (Con, North Herefordshire), Sir Edward Garnier (Con, Harborough, former Solicitor General), Graham Brady MP (Con, Altrincham…
They work for you – and the Countryside Alliance
Simon Hart MP is the former Chief Exec of the Countryside Alliance. To be fair, he was probably the best CEO they ever had, or are ever likely to have, but that doesn’t mean he is in my ‘Top 10 blokes of 2015’. In an organ that I rarely even see, let alone read, it…
Guest blog – GWCT confused by Dr Ruth Tingay
Dr Ruth Tingay is a raptor conservationist with field experience from North & Central America, Europe, Africa, Central and SE Asia. She studied the critically endangered Madagascar Fish Eagle for a PhD at Nottingham University and is a past president of the Raptor Research Foundation. She’s currently researching the illegal persecution of raptors & its…
Guest blog – GWCT 10th North of England Grouse Seminar by Dr Ruth Tingay
Dr Ruth Tingay is a raptor conservationist with field experience from North & Central America, Europe, Africa, Central and SE Asia. She studied the critically endangered Madagascar Fish Eagle for a PhD at Nottingham University and is a past president of the Raptor Research Foundation. She’s currently researching the illegal persecution of raptors & its…