Wild Justice, the Shooting Times, the general licences and DEFRA.

The Shooting Times published an article in February where a regular columnist wrote about going out one day in January and shooting 10 species in a day – the ‘Perfect Ten’. Wild Justice reported this activity to DEFRA (see this Wild Justice blog) and have updated the situation (see this Wild Justice blog) with the…

Vote for the right Emily Williamson

Learn about the role of Emily Williamson in the protection of birds, and vote for the statue to commemorate her campaigning work.

Press release – Heal Rewilding

Heal reaches agreement with Direct Line Group on major loan facility for rewilding site acquisitions in England £3m package of financial support will accelerate charity’s plans The nature recovery charity Heal Rewilding announced today that it has reached agreement on a £3 million package of financial support from Direct Line Group. This arrangement means that Heal…

Bailey’s petition

Bailey is 10 and has had a good idea. His idea is to have a fundraising day at schools on a day a year where pupils can pay £1 to get off wearing school uniform – and the £1 goes to animal causes, not to people causes. He is seeking support for his good idea…

The quinquennial review

Every five years (isn’t quinquennial a lovely word?) the UK statutory agencies review various lists of ‘protected’ species. A regular review is a good idea for any biological list, including lists of conservation priority. However, in this case, the recommendations have led to uproar as the statutory agencies have ganged up on a range of…