Chris Packham outside the BBC standing under George Orwell’s very apt quote. Photo credit: somebody who was walking past at the time. Chris Packham has been awarded a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List. Congratulations Chris! It is highly significant that this award is for services to nature conservation, not for broadcasting. Of course…
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Chris Packham says ‘Ban driven grouse shooting’
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Chris Packham, naturalist, photographer, author and TV presenter says: ‘Out of place, out of date, out of order and out of time – driven grouse shooting is finished, so lets kill it off ‘. To join Chris Packham, please sign Gavin Gamble’s e-petition which calls for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
Three prints of Paul Thomas cartoon signed by Chris Packham
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If the the original cartoon portrait of Chris Packham, signed by Chris Packham (reserve price £150) is beyond your pocket then how about buying one of this very limited edition of signed prints of the full cartoon (there are just three of them)? You can even see that the signatures are different…
Buy an original portrait of Chris Packham and support BAWC
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Do you remember this cartoon by Paul Thomas? You can buy the original cartoon portrait of Chris Packham signed by Chris and by the artist, Paul Thomas on eBay – click here. The portrait has a reserve of £150 – which is cheap for an original Paul Thomas so we are hoping that it will…
Not really a book review – Fingers in the Sparkle Jar by Chris Packham
Chris Packham is a great guy – I admire his toughness and his persistence. But he gets an awful lot of very nasty flak from the shooters. Remember the Countryside Alliance called for the BBC to drop their best wildlife presenter a couple of years ago – well, don’t think that has gone away,…
Please support Chris Packham’s e-petition
Chris Packham’s e-petition calling for a pause in killing of rapidly declining wader species is cantering along again. Before Christmas it passed 17,000 signatures and yesterday it passed both 18,000 and 19,000 signatures. If you haven’t yet signed then maybe your signature will help move it past 20,000 signatures today. Please sign here. And then…
Chris Packham and the nasty brigade
Chris Packham has come through a BBC investigation unscathed it seems. Hooray! But Ian Botham seems not to have forgotten the trouncing that Chris Packham gave him on the Today programme (back on 11 August) as he was quoted in the Sunday Times, ‘This decision is a risible whitewash. Yet again it shows the BBC’s…
Chris Packham launches new e-petition
Whatever you think of him, you’ve got to admit that Chris Packham has guts. Despite being abused on social media, and despite the shooting lobby gunning for his job at the BBC, Chris has today launched a new e-petition calling for a moratorium, not an all-out ban, on shooting Woodcock, Snipe and Golden Plover…
Chris Packham interviews me about our e-petition
We are in the last few days of our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. Every signature is valuable and you only have today, tomorrow and Tuesday to sign. How about signing now, please?
Chris Packham interviews Paul Irving
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Chris Packham interviews Paul Irving – an experienced raptor worker in the north of England. To add your name to the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting please sign here.