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What Wild Justice says about the General Licence issue
The Natural England decision to revoke the long-standing General Licences came out of the blue for Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and me (the three co-directors of the not for profit company, Wild Justice) as it did for everyone else. We had no warning of what they were going to announce beforehand (which I think was…
Bird notes
Following the success of the Wild Justice legal challenge over the General Licensing system that Natural England has operated, there has been an outpouring of abuse towards anybody to do with this case (and some who have had nothing to do with it) in the press and on social media. But some of the same…
Carrion Crows – new licensing regulations
I’ve only scanned this and it needs careful reading but it appears to represent a massive change. Click here.
NE start to talk
On Farming Today, Marian Spain, the interim Chief Exec of Natural England starts to talk about what the new system of licensing to cover the 16 species on the former General Licences will look like. Marian is quite clear that ‘the licences were unlawful’. Wild Justice will be looking at the new system of licensing…
First steps to new licensing system
Late last night Natural England posted this which includes these words: The decision to revoke these licences was not taken lightly. Natural England explored all other options available, but was left with no choice but to revoke the licences in order to comply with the law. General licences will be restored as quickly as possible,…
RSPB press release
Over 40 million birds have vanished from UK skies in just 50 years, it is time to Let Nature Sing The RSPB is releasing a track of pure bird song to raise awareness of the shocking loss of over 40 million birds from the UK in just 50 years. ‘Let Nature Sing’ features the song…
Not so nice people
Here is a selection of messages that Wild Justice has received over the last couple of days since news of our General Licence victory has emerged: What a bunch of tossers you lot really are you couldn’t run a piss up in a brewery Fuck off Are you aware that your fantastic legal work on…
Nice people
Here is a selection of messages that Wild Justice has received over the last couple of days since news of our General Licence victory has emerged: Having just seen the news item on the BBC regarding the despicable targeting of Chris Packham I thought I’d write to assure you there must be lots of other…
What they are saying about the General Licences (2)
Natural England is hiding from the media and hasn’t given a single interview about the general licences as far as I can see. Every journalist to whom I have spoken has said that NE is either not answering the ‘phone or is turning down interview requests. A bit odd for a public body. I’ve just…