Celebrating Peter Melchett

This website, Celebrating Peter, has been set up so that people can share their memories of the late Peter Melchett. There are already some poignant and touching tributes to him there.

Icelandic whaling review

When I met the Prime Minister of Iceland in her office on Tuesday the most interesting thing that she said was that there would be a review of the sustainability of whaling in Iceland and that there would be no whaling until that review was completed. This review has been talked about for quite a…

Hearing date confirmed

Our case (and RSPB’s too) against the decision of Natural England to license brood meddling of Hen Harriers will be heard in the Royal Court of Justice on 5-6 December 2018. You can come and watch!  See you there.

Bird Fair petition goes to Iceland

If you signed the petition at the Bird Fair asking the Icelandic Prime Minister, Katrín Jacobsdóttir, to do her best to end whaling in her country (see here and here) then your signature is now in her hands. I was lucky enough to be granted a 15-minute meeting with the Prime Minister yesterday afternoon. I…