If you all turn to p273 of your copies of Inglorious then you will find an exhortation from me to use social media in our campaign to ban driven grouse shooting. Written in January 2015 it lists the Twitter followers of the following organisations and individuals. Here are what they were then, in June 2016…
Category: SHOOTERS
All change or no change?
BASC are having elections to their Council – it’s an interesting field of candidates. Clearly I don’t get a vote and I’d be struggling to find my favourite candidates having read the statements of them all. There’s an awful lot of ‘we’ve got to fight the external enemy’ in the statements and precious little ‘we’ve…
Ireland stops pigeon shooting for three month summer break.
The Irish Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan, has ordered the end of pigeon shooting throughout the Republic of Ireland between 31 May and 1 September. I don’t know why she has done this – it’s quite interesting. In fact I can’t find anything about this move on her Department website but…
The life scientific with Prof Debbie Pain
This programme is quite fun – my friend Debbie Pain talks about lead poisoning, saving Asian vultures and the Spoon-billed Sandpiper. Although I’m sure there is even more to come, the examples demonstrate how Debbie has already had a career packed with both scientific and conservation achievement. It’s well worth a listen. And it provides…
BASC writes to George Eustice
BASC is asking DEFRA to take notice of them – that’s usually what BASC press releases are about. This one has an inherent flaw in it though, although I expect that they will get away with it. What is that flaw? BASC asks DEFRA to take account of shooting’s conservation benefits when considering what to…
BASC press release and Wild Justice response
BASC issued a press release a while ago and the three Wild Justice directors have been chortling over it ever since. We were asked by a journalist to comment and sent them this: Our legal challenge is a strong one. Defra can be as robust as it wishes but these matters will be settled by…
Prospects for the shooting season
When I first started asking contacts in the shooting industry about the prospects for shooting and how it would be affected by coronavirus they all sounded surprised to be asked and expressed no doubt that all would be much as normal. This round up on the William Powell site tells a very different story. Confidence…
Moorland Association fails to publicise fully the cessation of moorland burning plea
Apparently stopping torching the uplands is not the Moorland Association’s idea of latest news….
Moorland Association and Scottish Land and Estates implore their members to cease heather burning
It’s difficult to hide a fire on open moorland – this is the recent controversial fire at Deer Hill – seen from about five miles away. Both Moorland Association and Scottish Land and Estates have asked their members to cease heather burning at this time in order not to fill peoples’ lungs with smoke at…
Moorland managers exhibit further lack of control
West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has ordered landowners to stop heather burning with “immediate effect” after 15 (some reports say 20) fire vehicles, and crews, had to respond to a fire that got out of control. Nick Smith, assistant chief fire officer with West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, said; We are disappointed to…