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Category: THE WILDLIFE NGOs – RSPB, Wildlife Trusts Wild Justice, BSBI etc
RSPB press release
Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus, caught in a net, Cyprus. Photo: RSPB images Illegal songbird trapping in Cyprus at ten year low on UK military base Latest report suggests a continued decline in the number of birds being illegally killed on British military base in Cyprus. The continued reduction is due in large part to work…
The General Licences
Have you ever read the General Licences? Help yourself, here they are: GL04, GL05 and GL06. So the reasons why you might be able to kill birds under these licences are quite sensible. They include serious damage to crops and livestock. They include the prevention of disease. And they include the conservation of fauna and…
Wild Justice ‘Casual killing’ crowdfunder – first 24 hours
This screenshot was taken (at half time in Wales v Ireland) when the amount of money raised by Wild Justice to challenge the legality of the General Licences reached £14,400. Why was that significant? Because in the first 24 hours of this crowdfunder Wild Justice raised £10/minute every minute through the day and night on…
Wild Justice launches first case
Wild Justice has launched its first case – a challenge of the legality of the General Licences. Our legal advice is that the way that Natural England/Defra authorise the killing of Carrion Crows, Woodpigeons, Jackdaws and a list of other species is unlawful. Our lawyers wrote to Natural England on 13 February but they only…
Wild Justice
Wild Justice today expects to hear from the public body which has taken a month to reply to Wild Justice’s Pre Action Protocol letter. Expect news quite soon …
Guest blog – Toad Rage 3 by Paul Sterry
This blog by Dr Paul Sterry follows two earlier ones; Toad Rage and Toad Rage 2. Paul Sterry has an academic background in freshwater biology and is a passionate conservationist. He has been writing about natural history and photographing wildlife for the last 40 years, with an emphasis on the British scene. One way or…
RSPB press release – another missing Hen Harrier
Vulcan – another missing Hen Harrier, presumed dead. A young male hen harrier has disappeared in suspicious circumstances in Wiltshire and is believed most likely to be dead. The harrier, named Vulcan, was one of five chicks to fledge from a nest in Northumberland last summer. He was fitted with a satellite tag as part…
Preston
I spoke to an audience of 160 folk in a church in Preston on Monday evening. I enjoyed it. There were some familiar faces in the audience (some raptor workers, some RSPB staff, some birders, some regular readers of and commenters on this blog and some BASC staff). It made the evening more interesting to…
Scottish Wildlife Trust press release
Legal protection for Scotland’s beavers welcomed by conservation charities The two lead partners in the Scottish Beaver Trial – the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) – welcome the announcement made this morning (23 February) by the Scottish Government that legislation giving beavers legal protection will come into force later…