The Labour Party has today published its animal welfare plan. It’s pretty good. Things that some will like (and others will hate) include: expanding the definition of animal to include decapod crustaceans and cephalopods prohibit the third-party sale of puppies establish a full-time zoo inspectorate mandatory labelling of meat to include country of origin and…
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A fun quiz
I quite like Country Life – I might take out a subscription. In this week’s magazine there is a quiz to see whether you are a real countryman (women need not apply). It is quite fun, and consists of 100 questions set by Simon Lester, who is apparently a naturalist and former gamekeeper (an…
A week this evening
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I’m looking forward to giving this talk in Norfolk next week: Why should East Anglian Birders care about what happens on Grouse Moors? Great Witchingham (Lenwade) Village Hall, starts at 7.30 pm. Maybe I’ll see you there.
Saving another £6
The National Trust has increaased its subscription rates. I’m not regretting my move to National Trust for Scotland.
You can vote – this is why
It was on this day in 1918 that the Representation of the People Act received Royal Assent. This act, sometimes called the Fourth Reform Act, followed the previous three in 1832, 1867 and 1884. The Great Reform Act 1832 allowed male rural landowners, shopkeepers and those paying rent of over £10 per annum to vote….
Two tales from the Sussex woods
Ahead of speaking at the Sussex Ornithological Society conference on Saturday I stayed in a B&B nearby on Friday night. It was quite a posh B&B , and very nice, but hard to find. Well, it wasn’t the B&B’s fault that it was hard to find, I think that was partly my fault and partly…
True, very true.
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The North York Moors National Park has a blog – hooray! It’s an official blog – hooray! Put ‘hen harrier’ into the search engine and you get the very honest return of… No – nothing to see here. Nada! Zilch! Bugger all! Please sign Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting and…
Ed Hutchings launches thunderclap to spread the word on licensing.
Little more than an hour ago Ed Hutchings launched a thunderclap to gather support for licensing of driven grouse shooting. Well done Ed! I look forward to seeing every RSPB social media account signing up to this with enthusiasm. I wonder how many supporters it will have by the end of the day? Let one…
Apologies
Both Ralph’s and Paul’s cartoons are delayed due to Mark being in an attractive part of Sussex (although it is dark as I write this) which is so attractive that there is no WiFi and no phone signal.
Nottingham
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I’m heading up the railway line to Nottingham today to an event for young people organised by the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust. Of course I’m looking forward to it. Here is a link to the Nottingham for Nature manifesto that has been produced by young people in the city. Looks pretty good to me.