Yesterday Defra announced that they would be consulting on how to assess the impacts of releases of non-native gamebirds on sites of high conservation importance in response to Wild Justice’s legal challenge – see here. Wild Justice’s view on Defra’s decision – see here. Inaccurate coverage in the Daily Telegraph (maybe it would help them…
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Wild Justice wins latest legal challenge – impacts of non-native gamebird releases to be assessed
See here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/defra-responds-to-wild-justice-challenge-releasing-gamebirds-on-protected-sites
Hen Harrier Day from Wild Justice
Wild Justice has produced three blogs, so far, on the Hen Harrier Day event on Sunday. Here they all are (more coming later): HHDay 2019 (1) HHDay 2019 (2) HHDay 2019 (3)
Wild Justice and general licences
Wild Justice wrote to Natural England and Defra last week to warn them that legal action would follow next year if they do not take account of the legal issues raised in the Wild Justice legal challenge of general licences (see Wild Justice blog with details). Given the time that the legal process takes, and…
Wild Justice and Bird Fair invite Fieldsports Channel to ask their questions
Chris Packham and I were invited to the Game Fair today to face questions, in front of a Game Fair audience, from Charlie Jacoby of the Fieldsports Channel – and then the invitation was rudely withdrawn by the likes of the Countryside Alliance, BASC and GWCT (see here, here, here). After a bit of fixing…
Wild Justice blog: GWCT stung into limp, unconvincing defence of their members
See this Wild Justice blog post.
Wild Justice in the news again – challenging gamebird releases
See this piece by Patrick Barkham in the Guardian.
Wild Justice and Countryfile
I wrote a blog for Wild Justice here.
Guest blog – Dewilding Basingstoke by Paul Sterry
Dewilding Basingstoke One thing leads to another. This all harks back to the saga of Basingstoke’s beleaguered Common Toads, a story that not only continues but also evolves. So as summer approaches, and all those young toadlets leave their breeding ponds, perhaps an alternative title for this blog might be ‘Toad Rage – metamorphosis’. To…
The Common Pheasant – livestock or wild bird?
Wild Justice is challenging the General Licence GL26 issued by Natural England to authorise the killing of Carrion Crows to prevent serious damage to livestock. Natural England chose to include gamebirds with livestock such as lambs and piglets in this licence. The legal status of the Pheasant is complex and in this licence it appears…