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COMMENTS ON: PEREGRINE FOUND CRITICALLY INJURED WITH Comments on: Peregrine found critically injured with shotgun injuriesin North Yorkshire
COMMENTS ON: NATURAL ENGLAND CONSIDERS A REQUEST FOR A Comments on: Natural England considers a request for a copy of a hen harrier diversionary feeding licence to be ‘complex’! COMMENTS ON: GOLDEN EAGLES BREEDING AGAIN IN ORKNEY AFTER Comments on: Golden eagles breeding again in Orkney after almost 40years
COMMENTS ON: NORTH YORK MOORS REALLY GOOD FOR WADERS BUT I often drive or ride in the the northern dales and north York moors and its striking ,like a slap in the face obvious there just are NO raptors in the skies . INVERCAULD ESTATE LEAVES ‘PARTNERSHIP’ FOLLOWING DISCOVERY The ramifications from the discovery of a deliberately poisoned golden eagle found on a grouse moor on Invercauld Estate this spring are now beginning to show. Up until yesterday, Invercauld Estate had enjoyed the benefits of a membership of the Eastern Cairngorms Moorland Partnership. This partnership was established in December 2015 and comprised six estates COMMENTS ON: ‘GROUSE MOORS ARE BEING PROTECTED AT THE Comments on: ‘Grouse moors are being protected at the expense of Scotland’s other wildlife’ – opinion piece COMMENTS ON: TRIAL BEGINS FOR MILLDEN ESTATE GAMEKEEPER Comments on: Trial begins for Millden Estate gamekeeper accused of animal cruelty offences COMMENTS ON: GROUSE-SHOOTING ESTATE UNDER INVESTIGATION I wrote to Natural England to ask whether any enforcement action would be taken for this breach and Natural England replied on 30th April 2021 that an investigation was currently underway by NE’s Enforcement & Appeals Team (see here). COMMENTS ON: POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH ALLEGED WILDLIFE Comments on: Police officer charged with alleged wildlife crime offences after multi-agency raid in Scotland COMMENTS ON: OSPREY NEST PLATFORM CUT DOWN WITH CHAINSAW Comments on: Osprey nest platform cut down with chainsaw as first eggis laid
COMMENTS ON: PEREGRINE FOUND CRITICALLY INJURED WITH Comments on: Peregrine found critically injured with shotgun injuriesin North Yorkshire
COMMENTS ON: NATURAL ENGLAND CONSIDERS A REQUEST FOR A Comments on: Natural England considers a request for a copy of a hen harrier diversionary feeding licence to be ‘complex’! COMMENTS ON: GOLDEN EAGLES BREEDING AGAIN IN ORKNEY AFTER Comments on: Golden eagles breeding again in Orkney after almost 40years
COMMENTS ON: NORTH YORK MOORS REALLY GOOD FOR WADERS BUT I often drive or ride in the the northern dales and north York moors and its striking ,like a slap in the face obvious there just are NO raptors in the skies . POLICE INVESTIGATING SWINTON ESTATE FOR ALLEGED HEN 10 hours ago · The Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire is once again the focus of a police investigation in to alleged wildlife crime. This time the investigation hasn’t been triggered by the discovery of a shot hen harrier corpse or two on the Swinton grouse moors (see here and here), nor on the use of illegally-set traps (see here) and nor by reports of an armed man walking through a known hen harrier COMMENTS ON: POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH ALLEGED WILDLIFE Comments on: Police officer charged with alleged wildlife crime offences after multi-agency raid in Scotland COMMENTS ON: OSPREY NEST PLATFORM CUT DOWN WITH CHAINSAW Comments on: Osprey nest platform cut down with chainsaw as first eggis laid
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The plight of the English hen harrier population has been well-documented, spiralling to near breeding extinction in recent years thanks to the criminals within the grouse-shooting industry who continue to show a zero tolerance policy for this species when ittries to
COMMENTS ON: NATIONAL SURVEY REVEALS GOLDEN EAGLES STILL Now, since the Golden Eagle Framework was published there has been another national golden eagle survey (2015) and although the results have yet to be formally published, we do know that there has been an improvement in some areas and perhaps some of the map previously shaded in amber can now be turned to green. COMMENTS ON: TODAY’S EVIDENCE SESSION ON LICENSING OF Whatever the reason was, it flies in the face of the Scottish Moorland Group’s recent claim to the Scottish Parliament’s Environment Committee that grouse moor owners, “Would very much like to see greater cooperation between ourselves, the Raptor Study Groups, and the RSPB” (see here). COMMENTS ON: SCOTTISH PETITIONS COMMITTEE TO HEAR MORE So different to what happened in London on 31st October.Yes the landowners and BASC will spin lies, fantasy and misinformation into a case. We need Government to be strong and see this for what it is factless bullshit, we in England hope that Scotland COMMENTS ON: HEN HARRIERS SURVIVING ON GROUSE MOORS? NOT A Unfortunately not. Satellite-tagging hen harriers only confirms that they ‘drop off the radar‘ in the vicinity of grouse moors. By: Missing Hen Harriers: time for zero tolerance | Lifelogy COMMENTS ON: NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS LANGHOLM BUZZARDS NOT Finally something good coming out of our £3.5 million . 70% of all bracken has been removed causing erosion. White ground for Black Grouse has been destroyed. 10 ravens to be/have been removed due to them eating white rats COMMENTS ON: SENIOR SGA MAN CALLING FOR COMPLETE It is a well known fact that what some gamekeepers want to do, is obliterate all creatures with either a hooked beak or claws. In past decades they did succeed in killing off Red Kite, White Tailed Eagle and very nearly succeeded in killing off the Wild Cat, RAPTOR PERSECUTION UK REVIVE is a coalition of like-minded organisations working for grouse moor reform in Scotland. The coalition partners are: OneKind, League Against Cruel Sports, Common Weal, Friends of the Earth, Raptor Persecution UK. If you’re interested in supporting REVIVE’s INVERCAULD ESTATE LEAVES ‘PARTNERSHIP’ FOLLOWING DISCOVERY The ramifications from the discovery of a deliberately poisoned golden eagle found on a grouse moor on Invercauld Estate this spring are now beginning to show. Up until yesterday, Invercauld Estate had enjoyed the benefits of a membership of the Eastern Cairngorms Moorland Partnership. This partnership was established in December 2015 and comprised six estates COMMENTS ON: GROUSE-SHOOTING ESTATE UNDER INVESTIGATION I wrote to Natural England to ask whether any enforcement action would be taken for this breach and Natural England replied on 30th April 2021 that an investigation was currently underway by NE’s Enforcement & Appeals Team (see here). COMMENTS ON: SAINSBURY’S ARE SELLING TOXIC GAME MEAT Neurotoxic Effects and Biomarkers of Lead Exposure: A Review - Sanders, Liu, Buchner and Tchounwou - April 2010 Abstract: "Lead, a systemic toxicant affecting virtually every organ system, primarily affects the central nervous system, particularly the developing brain. RAPTOR PERSECUTION UK REVIVE is a coalition of like-minded organisations working for grouse moor reform in Scotland. The coalition partners are: OneKind, League Against Cruel Sports, Common Weal, Friends of the Earth, Raptor Persecution UK. If you’re interested in supporting REVIVE’s INVERCAULD ESTATE LEAVES ‘PARTNERSHIP’ FOLLOWING DISCOVERY The ramifications from the discovery of a deliberately poisoned golden eagle found on a grouse moor on Invercauld Estate this spring are now beginning to show. Up until yesterday, Invercauld Estate had enjoyed the benefits of a membership of the Eastern Cairngorms Moorland Partnership. This partnership was established in December 2015 and comprised six estates COMMENTS ON: GROUSE-SHOOTING ESTATE UNDER INVESTIGATION I wrote to Natural England to ask whether any enforcement action would be taken for this breach and Natural England replied on 30th April 2021 that an investigation was currently underway by NE’s Enforcement & Appeals Team (see here). COMMENTS ON: SAINSBURY’S ARE SELLING TOXIC GAME MEAT Neurotoxic Effects and Biomarkers of Lead Exposure: A Review - Sanders, Liu, Buchner and Tchounwou - April 2010 Abstract: "Lead, a systemic toxicant affecting virtually every organ system, primarily affects the central nervous system, particularly the developing brain. COMMENTS ON: SUSPECTED POISONS SEIZED DURING MULTI-AGENCY On 15th March this year, the RSPB tweeted that there’d been a multi-agency raid on two properties in Lincolnshire in connection with the poisoning of a red kite in 2020. COMMENTS ON: GROUSE MOOR-OWNING LORD BENYON APPOINTED NEW He has in the past been all for, the destruction of buzzards (even trying to get £250,000 funds from the government to study the need.), not making banned poison possession illegal, xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx and nodoubt much more.
COMMENTS ON: SENIOR POLICE OFFICER REQUIRED TO CHAIR A poisoned chalice indeed, the last incumbent tried to change things for the better. Any new person needs to do even better for me the first job would be to get rid of CA, MA and NGO, BASC might be able to justify being there this lot certainly cannot. COMMENTS ON: TODAY’S EVIDENCE SESSION ON LICENSING OF Whatever the reason was, it flies in the face of the Scottish Moorland Group’s recent claim to the Scottish Parliament’s Environment Committee that grouse moor owners, “Would very much like to see greater cooperation between ourselves, the Raptor Study Groups, and the RSPB” (see here). COMMENTS ON: NORTH YORK MOORS REALLY GOOD FOR WADERS BUT I often drive or ride in the the northern dales and north York moors and its striking ,like a slap in the face obvious there just are NO raptors in the skies . COMMENTS ON: LANGHOLM MOOR COMMUNITY BUYOUT OFFICIALLY This is fantastic, another nail in the coffin for the status quo and great to see another initiative in the southern uplands alongside the fantastic work being done by the Border Forest Trust. POLICE INVESTIGATING SWINTON ESTATE FOR ALLEGED HEN 5 hours ago · The Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire is once again the focus of a police investigation in to alleged wildlife crime. This time the investigation hasn’t been triggered by the discovery of a shot hen harrier corpse or two on the Swinton grouse moors (see here and here), nor on the use of illegally-set traps (see here) and nor by reports of an armed man walking through a known hen harrier COMMENTS ON: GUN, BANNED POISONS & DEAD BIRDS OF PREY Hopefully someone in mainstream national media will pick up on these recent raids and link them all into a wider story covering the ongoing national problem of raptor persecution and recent police action totackle this.
COMMENTS ON: WHY THE INVERCAULD GOLDEN EAGLE KILLER WILL It's quite clear the government doesn't want to change the status quo. I think we've now come to a point that the estates which had reduced or stopped raptor persecution will see the xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx as a sign they can resume the depravity themselves without fear of any prosecution or meaningful sanctions. COMMENTS ON: SUSPECTED POISONS SEIZED DURING MULTI-AGENCY On 15th March this year, the RSPB tweeted that there’d been a multi-agency raid on two properties in Lincolnshire in connection with the poisoning of a red kite in 2020. COMMENTS ON: CALLS INTENSIFY TO END MUIRBURN ON SCOTTISH Its one of the sights of the disturbing sights of Spring in the uplands as farmers set the hill on fire..it is a shame that for decades now its been persued with such reckless abandon that a complete ban may be the best option.. and clearly fires on peat soils are not a good thing and should have been stopped two decades ago..Burning back molinia tussock grass is another issue that if COMMENTS ON: “ANOTHER POISONED GOLDEN EAGLE? IF THE SNP Comments on: “Another poisoned golden eagle? If the SNP are serious about protecting wildlife we need an Environment Secretary who will act” – Jim Crumley COMMENTS ON: HEN HARRIERS SURVIVING ON GROUSE MOORS? NOT A Unfortunately not. Satellite-tagging hen harriers only confirms that they ‘drop off the radar‘ in the vicinity of grouse moors. By: Missing Hen Harriers: time for zero tolerance | Lifelogy COMMENTS ON: COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE (AKA LEERY LUNATICS ON Thanks guys for all your mentions of the e-petition - now passed 31,000 signatures. Much appreciated. It won't be tomorrow, or the next day, but 'We will win!' COMMENTS ON: “EAGLES HAVE NO PLACE ON MY GROUSE MOOR Comments on: “Eagles have no place on my grouse moor”, allegedly said former Laird of Fordie Estate, Perthshire COMMENTS ON: GAMEKEEPERS LEAD DISGUSTING HATE CAMPAIGN The abuse is pathetic and simply a lack of ability to express their views coherently. To those suggesting we are all against all shooting that is perhaps as a result of the refusal of the industry to keep their own house in check and show reasonable restraint. RAPTOR PERSECUTION UK REVIVE is a coalition of like-minded organisations working for grouse moor reform in Scotland. The coalition partners are: OneKind, League Against Cruel Sports, Common Weal, Friends of the Earth, Raptor Persecution UK. If you’re interested in supporting REVIVE’s INVERCAULD ESTATE LEAVES ‘PARTNERSHIP’ FOLLOWING DISCOVERY The ramifications from the discovery of a deliberately poisoned golden eagle found on a grouse moor on Invercauld Estate this spring are now beginning to show. Up until yesterday, Invercauld Estate had enjoyed the benefits of a membership of the Eastern Cairngorms Moorland Partnership. This partnership was established in December 2015 and comprised six estates COMMENTS ON: GROUSE-SHOOTING ESTATE UNDER INVESTIGATION I wrote to Natural England to ask whether any enforcement action would be taken for this breach and Natural England replied on 30th April 2021 that an investigation was currently underway by NE’s Enforcement & Appeals Team (see here). COMMENTS ON: SAINSBURY’S ARE SELLING TOXIC GAME MEAT Neurotoxic Effects and Biomarkers of Lead Exposure: A Review - Sanders, Liu, Buchner and Tchounwou - April 2010 Abstract: "Lead, a systemic toxicant affecting virtually every organ system, primarily affects the central nervous system, particularly the developing brain. COMMENTS ON: SUSPECTED POISONS SEIZED DURING MULTI-AGENCY On 15th March this year, the RSPB tweeted that there’d been a multi-agency raid on two properties in Lincolnshire in connection with the poisoning of a red kite in 2020. COMMENTS ON: GROUSE MOOR-OWNING LORD BENYON APPOINTED NEW He has in the past been all for, the destruction of buzzards (even trying to get £250,000 funds from the government to study the need.), not making banned poison possession illegal, xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx and nodoubt much more.
COMMENTS ON: SENIOR POLICE OFFICER REQUIRED TO CHAIR A poisoned chalice indeed, the last incumbent tried to change things for the better. Any new person needs to do even better for me the first job would be to get rid of CA, MA and NGO, BASC might be able to justify being there this lot certainly cannot. COMMENTS ON: TODAY’S EVIDENCE SESSION ON LICENSING OF Whatever the reason was, it flies in the face of the Scottish Moorland Group’s recent claim to the Scottish Parliament’s Environment Committee that grouse moor owners, “Would very much like to see greater cooperation between ourselves, the Raptor Study Groups, and the RSPB” (see here). COMMENTS ON: NORTH YORK MOORS REALLY GOOD FOR WADERS BUT I often drive or ride in the the northern dales and north York moors and its striking ,like a slap in the face obvious there just are NO raptors in the skies . COMMENTS ON: LANGHOLM MOOR COMMUNITY BUYOUT OFFICIALLY This is fantastic, another nail in the coffin for the status quo and great to see another initiative in the southern uplands alongside the fantastic work being done by the Border Forest Trust. RAPTOR PERSECUTION UK REVIVE is a coalition of like-minded organisations working for grouse moor reform in Scotland. The coalition partners are: OneKind, League Against Cruel Sports, Common Weal, Friends of the Earth, Raptor Persecution UK. If you’re interested in supporting REVIVE’s INVERCAULD ESTATE LEAVES ‘PARTNERSHIP’ FOLLOWING DISCOVERY The ramifications from the discovery of a deliberately poisoned golden eagle found on a grouse moor on Invercauld Estate this spring are now beginning to show. Up until yesterday, Invercauld Estate had enjoyed the benefits of a membership of the Eastern Cairngorms Moorland Partnership. This partnership was established in December 2015 and comprised six estates COMMENTS ON: GROUSE-SHOOTING ESTATE UNDER INVESTIGATION I wrote to Natural England to ask whether any enforcement action would be taken for this breach and Natural England replied on 30th April 2021 that an investigation was currently underway by NE’s Enforcement & Appeals Team (see here). COMMENTS ON: SAINSBURY’S ARE SELLING TOXIC GAME MEAT Neurotoxic Effects and Biomarkers of Lead Exposure: A Review - Sanders, Liu, Buchner and Tchounwou - April 2010 Abstract: "Lead, a systemic toxicant affecting virtually every organ system, primarily affects the central nervous system, particularly the developing brain. COMMENTS ON: SUSPECTED POISONS SEIZED DURING MULTI-AGENCY On 15th March this year, the RSPB tweeted that there’d been a multi-agency raid on two properties in Lincolnshire in connection with the poisoning of a red kite in 2020. COMMENTS ON: GROUSE MOOR-OWNING LORD BENYON APPOINTED NEW He has in the past been all for, the destruction of buzzards (even trying to get £250,000 funds from the government to study the need.), not making banned poison possession illegal, xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx and nodoubt much more.
COMMENTS ON: SENIOR POLICE OFFICER REQUIRED TO CHAIR A poisoned chalice indeed, the last incumbent tried to change things for the better. Any new person needs to do even better for me the first job would be to get rid of CA, MA and NGO, BASC might be able to justify being there this lot certainly cannot. COMMENTS ON: TODAY’S EVIDENCE SESSION ON LICENSING OF Whatever the reason was, it flies in the face of the Scottish Moorland Group’s recent claim to the Scottish Parliament’s Environment Committee that grouse moor owners, “Would very much like to see greater cooperation between ourselves, the Raptor Study Groups, and the RSPB” (see here). COMMENTS ON: NORTH YORK MOORS REALLY GOOD FOR WADERS BUT I often drive or ride in the the northern dales and north York moors and its striking ,like a slap in the face obvious there just are NO raptors in the skies . COMMENTS ON: LANGHOLM MOOR COMMUNITY BUYOUT OFFICIALLY This is fantastic, another nail in the coffin for the status quo and great to see another initiative in the southern uplands alongside the fantastic work being done by the Border Forest Trust. POLICE INVESTIGATING SWINTON ESTATE FOR ALLEGED HEN 3 hours ago · The Swinton Estate in North Yorkshire is once again the focus of a police investigation in to alleged wildlife crime. This time the investigation hasn’t been triggered by the discovery of a shot hen harrier corpse or two on the Swinton grouse moors (see here and here), nor on the use of illegally-set traps (see here) and nor by reports of an armed man walking through a known hen harrier COMMENTS ON: GUN, BANNED POISONS & DEAD BIRDS OF PREY Hopefully someone in mainstream national media will pick up on these recent raids and link them all into a wider story covering the ongoing national problem of raptor persecution and recent police action totackle this.
COMMENTS ON: WHY THE INVERCAULD GOLDEN EAGLE KILLER WILL It's quite clear the government doesn't want to change the status quo. I think we've now come to a point that the estates which had reduced or stopped raptor persecution will see the xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx as a sign they can resume the depravity themselves without fear of any prosecution or meaningful sanctions. COMMENTS ON: SUSPECTED POISONS SEIZED DURING MULTI-AGENCY On 15th March this year, the RSPB tweeted that there’d been a multi-agency raid on two properties in Lincolnshire in connection with the poisoning of a red kite in 2020. COMMENTS ON: CALLS INTENSIFY TO END MUIRBURN ON SCOTTISH Its one of the sights of the disturbing sights of Spring in the uplands as farmers set the hill on fire..it is a shame that for decades now its been persued with such reckless abandon that a complete ban may be the best option.. and clearly fires on peat soils are not a good thing and should have been stopped two decades ago..Burning back molinia tussock grass is another issue that if COMMENTS ON: “ANOTHER POISONED GOLDEN EAGLE? IF THE SNP Comments on: “Another poisoned golden eagle? If the SNP are serious about protecting wildlife we need an Environment Secretary who will act” – Jim Crumley COMMENTS ON: HEN HARRIERS SURVIVING ON GROUSE MOORS? NOT A Unfortunately not. Satellite-tagging hen harriers only confirms that they ‘drop off the radar‘ in the vicinity of grouse moors. By: Missing Hen Harriers: time for zero tolerance | Lifelogy COMMENTS ON: COUNTRYSIDE ALLIANCE (AKA LEERY LUNATICS ON Thanks guys for all your mentions of the e-petition - now passed 31,000 signatures. Much appreciated. It won't be tomorrow, or the next day, but 'We will win!' COMMENTS ON: “EAGLES HAVE NO PLACE ON MY GROUSE MOOR Comments on: “Eagles have no place on my grouse moor”, allegedly said former Laird of Fordie Estate, Perthshire COMMENTS ON: GAMEKEEPERS LEAD DISGUSTING HATE CAMPAIGN The abuse is pathetic and simply a lack of ability to express their views coherently. To those suggesting we are all against all shooting that is perhaps as a result of the refusal of the industry to keep their own house in check and show reasonable restraint. RAPTOR PERSECUTION UK Mairi Gougeon, who was the Environment Minister at that time, said in her statement: “If re-elected, this Government will bring forward the necessary legislation in the next Parliament to license grouse moor management and to strengthen the existing legislation on muirburn, including a range of appropriate penalties that could be applied in cases of non-compliance. INVERCAULD ESTATE LEAVES ‘PARTNERSHIP’ FOLLOWING DISCOVERY The ramifications from the discovery of a deliberately poisoned golden eagle found on a grouse moor on Invercauld Estate this spring are now beginning to show. Up until yesterday, Invercauld Estate had enjoyed the benefits of a membership of the Eastern Cairngorms Moorland Partnership. This partnership was established in December 2015 and comprised six estates COMMENTS ON: TRIAL BEGINS FOR MILLDEN ESTATE GAMEKEEPER Comments on: Trial begins for Millden Estate gamekeeper accused of animal cruelty offences COMMENTS ON: SAINSBURY’S ARE SELLING TOXIC GAME MEAT Neurotoxic Effects and Biomarkers of Lead Exposure: A Review - Sanders, Liu, Buchner and Tchounwou - April 2010 Abstract: "Lead, a systemic toxicant affecting virtually every organ system, primarily affects the central nervous system, particularly the developing brain. COMMENTS ON: HYSTERIA FROM SCOTTISH GAMEKEEPERS AS SNP AND Comments on: Hysteria from Scottish gamekeepers as SNP and Greens formalise talks to cooperate COMMENTS ON: WHY THE INVERCAULD GOLDEN EAGLE KILLER WILL It's quite clear the government doesn't want to change the status quo. I think we've now come to a point that the estates which had reduced or stopped raptor persecution will see the xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx as a sign they can resume the depravity themselves without fear of any prosecution or meaningful sanctions. COMMENTS ON: OSPREY NEST PLATFORM CUT DOWN WITH CHAINSAW Comments on: Osprey nest platform cut down with chainsaw as first eggis laid
COMMENTS ON: POISONED GOLDEN EAGLE: EXAMINING THE Comments on: Poisoned golden eagle: examining the statement fromInvercauld Estate
COMMENTS ON: BUZZARD’S INJURIES SUGGEST IT WAS CAUGHT IN North Yorkshire - the 'black hole' for birds of prey (including Eagle Owls) where our Bowland birds 'disappear' with such monotonous regularity, and those that make it past Yorkshire then have to run the gauntlet of the Peak District in order to meet certain death inEastern Scotland!
COMMENTS ON: TAWNY OWL SHOT DEAD IN EAST LOTHIAN The scummy brain dead freaks .Not hard to figure out ,given the location,this has been done by a local xxxxhole/holes.They have probably bragged about it to their brain dead pals (freaks) You and your kind are nothing more than skid marks and I hope the rest of your life is filled with misery and pain you deserve nothing more out of life for your depraved act of violence against a defenceless RAPTOR PERSECUTION UK And of course, there is the appalling legacy of raptor persecution, which sees birds of prey continue to disappear near these moors, or found killed. It is a stain on Scotland’s reputation. NatureScot, the agency which is supposed to be protecting Scotland’s nature, is far too quick to hand out licences to kill. INVERCAULD ESTATE LEAVES ‘PARTNERSHIP’ FOLLOWING DISCOVERY The ramifications from the discovery of a deliberately poisoned golden eagle found on a grouse moor on Invercauld Estate this spring are now beginning to show. Up until yesterday, Invercauld Estate had enjoyed the benefits of a membership of the Eastern Cairngorms Moorland Partnership. This partnership was established in December 2015 and comprised six estates COMMENTS ON: TRIAL BEGINS FOR MILLDEN ESTATE GAMEKEEPER Comments on: Trial begins for Millden Estate gamekeeper accused of animal cruelty offences COMMENTS ON: SAINSBURY’S ARE SELLING TOXIC GAME MEAT Neurotoxic Effects and Biomarkers of Lead Exposure: A Review - Sanders, Liu, Buchner and Tchounwou - April 2010 Abstract: "Lead, a systemic toxicant affecting virtually every organ system, primarily affects the central nervous system, particularly the developing brain. COMMENTS ON: HYSTERIA FROM SCOTTISH GAMEKEEPERS AS SNP AND Comments on: Hysteria from Scottish gamekeepers as SNP and Greens formalise talks to cooperate COMMENTS ON: WHY THE INVERCAULD GOLDEN EAGLE KILLER WILL It's quite clear the government doesn't want to change the status quo. I think we've now come to a point that the estates which had reduced or stopped raptor persecution will see the xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx as a sign they can resume the depravity themselves without fear of any prosecution or meaningful sanctions. COMMENTS ON: OSPREY NEST PLATFORM CUT DOWN WITH CHAINSAW Comments on: Osprey nest platform cut down with chainsaw as first eggis laid
COMMENTS ON: POISONED GOLDEN EAGLE: EXAMINING THE Comments on: Poisoned golden eagle: examining the statement fromInvercauld Estate
COMMENTS ON: BUZZARD’S INJURIES SUGGEST IT WAS CAUGHT IN North Yorkshire - the 'black hole' for birds of prey (including Eagle Owls) where our Bowland birds 'disappear' with such monotonous regularity, and those that make it past Yorkshire then have to run the gauntlet of the Peak District in order to meet certain death inEastern Scotland!
COMMENTS ON: TAWNY OWL SHOT DEAD IN EAST LOTHIAN The scummy brain dead freaks .Not hard to figure out ,given the location,this has been done by a local xxxxhole/holes.They have probably bragged about it to their brain dead pals (freaks) You and your kind are nothing more than skid marks and I hope the rest of your life is filled with misery and pain you deserve nothing more out of life for your depraved act of violence against a defenceless TRIAL BEGINS FOR MILLDEN ESTATE GAMEKEEPER ACCUSED OF The trial is due to begin today of a Scottish gamekeeper from Millden Estate in the Angus Glens, who is accused of a number of animal welfare offences related to animal fighting. Police Scotland and the Scottish SPCA raided a property on Millden Estate and another property in Aberdeenshire in October 2019 after intelligence suggested LEGAL CHALLENGE AGAINST SCOTTISH BEAVER CULL GETS UNDERWAY Press release from Trees for Life Legal challenge to Scottish Government's beaver killing policy to be heard at Court of Session A legal challenge by Trees for Life to the Scottish Government’s beaver killing policy will be heard by the Court of Session in WILD JUSTICE HIGHLIGHTS ALLEGED BREACH OF NEW GENERAL Recent Comments. Keith Dancey on Wild Justice launches two new legal challenges: gamebird releases (again) & the burning regulations; Wild Justice launches two new legal challenges: gamebird releases (again) & the burning regulations | Raptor Persecution UK on Non-native gamebirds (pheasants & red-legged partridges) comprise approx half of all wild bird biomass in Britain POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH ALLEGED WILDLIFE CRIME A serving Police Scotland officer has been charged in connection with alleged wildlife offences after an early-morning raid at her home. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is set to appear at Jedburgh Sheriff Court alongside two men, aged 45 and 20, on an undertaking next week. POISONED GOLDEN EAGLE: WILL A GENERAL LICENCE RESTRICTION There was the discovery of three poisoned buzzards on Invercauld Estate in 2005 (), the discovery of an illegally shot peregrine at the Pass of Ballater in 2011, the reported coordinated hunt and subsequent shooting of an adult hen harrier at Glen Gairn on the border of Invercauld and Dinnet Estates in 2013, the illegally-set traps that were found near Geallaig Hill on Invercauld Estate in POLICE STATEMENT ON POISONED GOLDEN EAGLE FOUND ON Further to yesterday's news that Police Scotland had conducted a raid, under warrant, on Invercauld Estate following the discovery of a poisoned golden eagle (see here), the police have just issued the following statement: Officers are continuing enquiries into the poisoning of a bird of prey found dead near to Crathie in Aberdeenshire On Friday, FERGUS EWING OUT, MAIRI GOUGEON IN Well this is very very very good news indeed. Nicola Sturgeon has announced her reshuffled Cabinet team; former Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary Fergus Ewing is no longer in the Cabinet at all and former junior Rural Affairs Minister Mairi Gougeon has been promoted to the position of Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands. There NATIONAL GAME DEALERS ASSOCIATION GOING LEAD-FREE FROM The National Game Dealers Association (NGDA) is the latest organisation from the UK game-shooting industry to realise, belatedly and after years of resisting, that if it is to survive then dropping products shot with toxic lead ammunition is the only way to go.. The NGDA has issued the following statement this morning: At the National Game Dealers Association ( NGDA) annual general IS SAINSBURY’S SELLING TOXIC GAMEBIRDS, WITHOUT WARNING Supermarket Sainsbury's has a new product on sale this autumn - a mixed game casserole, which apparently is made of 50% venison and 50% pheasant and red legged partridge: It's being produced by a company called Holme Farm Venison, a company based in North Yorkshire that specialises in venison but LORD BOTHAM USES NEW PLATFORM TO CONTINUE SLAGGING OFF It's been a while. For regular blog readers you'll remember ex-England cricketer Ian Botham as being the figurehead for the group 'You Forgot the Birds', an astroturfing PR outfit funded by the grouse shooting industry and whose main aim seemed to be slagging off the RSPB andChris Packham.
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FIRE SERVICE CALLS FOR BAN ON GROUSE MOOR BURNING By RaptorPersecutionUK18 Comments
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Press statement from West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service (23 March2020):
FIRE SERVICE CALLS FOR A STOP TO CONTROLLED BURNING ON THE MOORLAND AFTER MAJOR BLAZE BREAKS OUT Firefighters from across West Yorkshire have been tackling a significant moorland blaze at Deer Hill Reservoir in Marsden today after an emergency call came in just before 12.30pm. The incident has required 20 fire appliances from across West Yorkshire to attend with firefighters tackling a mile long fire-front. It’s believed the fire started as a result of controlled burningwhich spread.
The Fire Service is now strongly urging landowners to cease controlled burning and for anyone using the moors to be extra vigilant not to start a fire accidentally. Last year the Fire Service and partners launched the Be Moor Aware campaign and Bradford, Calderdale and Kirklees councils brought in Public Space Protection Orders banning barbecues on moorland and otheropen spaces.
Assistant Chief Fire Officer Nick Smith said: “_We are disappointed to see what has happened today which could have so easily been avoided and we urge landowners to stop controlled burning with immediate effect. Controlled burning can easily spread and tackling the consequences takes up a huge amount of the Fire Service’s time and resources – moorland fires can quite literally go on for miles anddays_.
_We are currently trying to focus our resources on supporting the national effort to respond to Coronavirus and this is unhelpful to us. We will be making every effort to contact landowners over the forthcoming days and to reiterate this message. These are unprecedented times and we require our resources to support communities and help the vulnerable rather than having firefighters tied up for days on the moors undertaking this kind of arduous work. It is not where we want to be focusing our energies at this time, which we are sure people will understand_. _Members of the public who are going onto the moorland for some fresh air and a walk should also be extra vigilant not to start a fire accidentally. Alongside partners, we started a public awareness campaign last year, called Be Moor Aware, following widespread moorland fires across the region and all of our advice from that campaign still stands._ _We trust that you will take this advice seriously not only to protect the moorland, but also to help protect your communities at thisdifficult time_.”
ENDS
Of course, grouse moor burning is continuing apace across the UK uplands. Apart from the obvious and well-documented environmental damage caused by deliberately setting fire to heather moorlands (just to enable a ridiculously high density of red grouse that can then be shot), and the unnecessary additional burden on the fire & rescue service at a time of national crisis, it’s actually astonishing that such a selfish practice that reduces air quality is still permitted while the nation struggles against a deadly respiratory virus. For media coverage about this particular fire: West Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service hereYorkshire Live here
BBC news here
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TWO HEN HARRIERS SHOT ON TWO NORTH YORKSHIRE GROUSE MOORS: SHOOTING INDUSTRY’S RESPONSE By RaptorPersecutionUK23 Comments
Categories: 2019 persecution incidents,
2020 persecution incidentsand News
Tags: hen harrier
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At the end of January 2020 several prominent organisations from the game-shooting industry (BASC, Moorland Assoc, National Gamekeepers Org, Countryside Alliance) and the Country Landowners Association made a huge thing about acknowledging 66-year-old wildlife protection legislation when they announced a professed ‘zero tolerance’ for the illegal killing of birds of prey (see here).
Since then police in North Yorkshire, the epicentre of UK raptor persecution, have issued two public statements (on 12th and 17th March) about the witnessed shooting of two male hen harriers, one on a grouse moor in the Bowland AONB (here)
and one on a grouse moor in the Yorkshire Dales National Park (here).
The illegal killing of hen harriers has been identified as a National Wildlife Crime Priority. This
species is on its knees, thanks to criminals within the grouseshooting industry.
It was also revealed that, unusually, North Yorkshire Police had been able to make two arrests in relation to these reported crimes; this was welcome news and in both press releases the police asked the public to come forward with any further information as their inquiriescontinued.
You might think, given the recently professed ‘zero tolerance’ of these offences, that police appeals for information about these two disturbing crimes reported on Yorkshire grouse moors would provide the perfect opportunity for the grouse-shooting industry to offer its full support to the investigations and to encourage members of the public to step forward with info, especially if there was concern about dangerous unidentified armed criminals running amok on privately-ownedland, right?
Well apparently not. We’ve looked at the websites of the five organisations to search for statements and this is what we found:BASC: nothing
Moorland Association: nothing National Gamekeepers Organisation: nothing Countryside Alliance: nothingCLA: nothing
Ah, you may say, well they’re all too busy focusing on the coronavirus so haven’t had time to share information about illegalraptor persecution.
Well, that may have been a credible argument had we not found the National Gamekeepers Organisation and Countryside Alliance yesterday making urgent demands of DEFRA’s Secretary of State George Eustice to issue licences that permit gamekeepers to continue killing stoats and sidestep new restrictions (see hereand here).
Meanwhile, with the hypocrisy knob turned up to high, BASC has been howling with moral indignation about the timing of Wild Justice’s decision to challenge the casual killing of birds in Wales (see here).
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WILD JUSTICE LODGES MORE COURT PAPERS – THIS TIME CHALLENGING CASUAL BIRD KILLING IN WALES By RaptorPersecutionUK4 Comments
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Wild Justice has launched it’s latest legal case, challenging what it argues is the unlawful casual killingof birds in Wales.
Full details on the Wild Justice blog here If you’d like to support Wild Justice take this case through the courts, please visit the crowdfunder page hereThank you
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(ANOTHER) HEN HARRIER SHOT ON A GROUSE MOOR IN YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK – POLICE ARREST SUSPECT By RaptorPersecutionUK22 Comments
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Just five days ago we blogged about the shooting of a male hen harrier on a grouse moor in the Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, just across the boundary of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, that had been witnessed by a member of the public. Impressively, North Yorkshire Police arrested a suspect and he has been released pending further enquiries and forensic testing (see here).
Here we go again.
ANOTHER hen harrier has been shot on ANOTHER grouse moor, this time inside the Yorkshire Dales National Park and again it was witnessed by members of the public and again, North Yorkshire Police have arresteda suspect.
Here’s the police press release,
published today (17 March 2020): TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WITNESS HEN HARRIER BEING SHOT NEARGRASSINGTON
North Yorkshire Police are investigating the shooting of another HenHarrier.
Two members of the public witnessed an incident which they believed was the shooting of a male Hen Harrier. The incident occurred on Threshfield Moor at approximately 10.45hrs on Monday 27th January 2020. North Yorkshire Police have been conducting enquiries and a man has been arrested in connection with this investigation. Anyone with further information about this incident or who may have seen anything in the area shortly before the bird was shot, please call North Yorkshire Police on Tel 101 quoting reference #12200015792.
If you wish to remain anonymous you can pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. This is the second incident of this type to take place in the last six months, with another hen harrier believed to have been shot in October2019 near Keasden.
ENDS
Hang on a minute – Threshfield Moor? That rings a bell. Ah yes, Threshfield Moor was reportedly the last known location of another male hen harrier, called John, who ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances in October 2017 – see here.
The people believed to be the owners of Threshfield Moor are interesting and they have interesting connections – see here.
Obviously they’ll be devastated to learn about the alleged illegal shooting of a hen harrier on their grouse moor and we’re sure will be doing everything they can to assist the police investigation. Well done North Yorkshire Police – two arrests for two hen harrier shootings in the space of a few months – that’s really impressive work and the officers involved deserve much credit. There’s clearly _some_ evidence to support reasonable suspicion of involvement because otherwise these arrests wouldn’t have been possible but whether there’s sufficient evidence to proceed to prosecution(s) remains to be seen. Whatever the outcome(s), these latest police investigations in to the alleged shooting of hen harriers on grouse moors expose the shooting industry’s desperate propaganda campaign for what it is and Natural England/DEFRA’s wilful blindness to the bleeding obvious. So, grouse shooting industry, how’s that professed ‘zero tolerance‘
of illegal raptor persecution going? So, Natural England /DEFRA, how that’s seriously flawed Hen Harrier(In)Action Plan
working out?
Here’s a clue -let’s add the shooting of this latest hen harrier to the ever-expanding list of hen harriers (at least 31 now) believed to have been illegally killed since 2018, the year when grouse shooting industry reps would have us believethat
hen harriers were welcomed back on the grouse moors: February 2018: Hen harrier Saorsa ‘disappeared’ in the Angus Glensin Scotland (here
).
The Scottish Gamekeepers Association later published wholly inaccurate information claiming the bird had been re-sighted. The RSPB dismissed this as “completely false” (here).
5 February 2018: Hen harrier Marc ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moorin Durham (here
)
9 February 2018: Hen harrier Aalin ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moorin Wales (here
)
March 2018: Hen harrier Blue ‘disappeared’ in the Lake DistrictNational Park (here
)
March 2018: Hen harrier Finn ‘disappeared’ near Moffat in Scotland(here
)
18 April 2018: Hen harrier Lia ‘disappeared’ in Wales and her corpse was retrieved in a field in May 2018. Cause of death was unconfirmed but police treating death as suspicious (here)
8 August 2018: Hen harrier Hilma ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in Northumberland (here).
16 August 2018: Hen harrier Athena ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moorin Scotland (here
)
26 August 2018: Hen Harrier Octavia ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in the Peak District National Park (here)
29 August 2018: Hen harrier Margot ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moorin Scotland (here
)
29 August 2018: Hen Harrier Heulwen ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moorin Wales (here
)
3 September 2018: Hen harrier Stelmaria ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in Scotland (here)
24 September 2018: Hen harrier Heather ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in Scotland (here)
2 October 2018: Hen harrier Mabel ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park (here)
3 October 2018: Hen Harrier Thor ‘disappeared’ next to a grouse moor in Bowland, Lanacashire (here)
26 October 2018: Hen harrier Arthur ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in the North York Moors National Park (here)
10 November 2018: Hen harrier Rannoch ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in Scotland (here).
Her corpse was found nearby in May 2019 – she’d been killed in an illegally-set spring trap (here).
14 November 2018: Hen harrier River ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in the Nidderdale AONB (here).
Her corpse was found nearby in April 2019 – she’d been illegallyshot (here
).
16 January 2019: Hen harrier Vulcan ‘disappeared’ in Wiltshire close to Natural England’s proposed reintroduction site (here)
7 February 2019: Hen harrier Skylar ‘disappeared’ next to a grouse moor in South Lanarkshire (here)
22 April 2019: Hen harrier Marci ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in the Cairngorms National Park (here)
11 May 2019: A male hen harrier was caught in an illegally-set trap next to his nest on a grouse moor in South Lanarkshire. He didn’tsurvive (here
)
7 June 2019: A hen harrier was found dead on a grouse moor in Scotland. A post mortem stated the bird had died as a result of ‘penetrating trauma’ injuries and that this bird had previouslybeen shot (here
)
11 September 2019: Hen harrier Romario ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in the Cairngorms National Park (here)
10 October 2019: Hen harrier Ada ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in the North Pennines AONB (here)
12 October 2019: Hen harrier Thistle ‘disappeared’ on a grouse moor in Sutherland (here)
18 October 2019: Member of the public reports the witnessed shooting of a male hen harrier on White Syke Hill in North Yorkshire (here)
November 2019: Hen harrier Mary found illegally poisoned on a pheasant shoot in Ireland (here)
January 2020: Members of the public report the witnessed shooting of a male hen harrier on Threshfield Moor in the Yorkshire Dales NationalPark (this post)
There are two more satellite-tagged hen harriers (Tony & Rain) that are reported either confirmed or suspected to have been illegally killed in the RSPB’s Hen Harrier LIFE Project Reportbut
no further details are available. And then there were last year’s brood meddled hen harrier chicks that have been reported ‘missing’but
as they’re carrying a new type of tag known to be unreliableit’s
not known if they’ve been illegally killed or if they’re still ok. For the purposes of this mini-analysis we will discount these birds. So that makes a total of at least 31 hen harriers that are known to have either ‘disappeared’ in suspicious circumstances or have been witnessed being shot or have been found illegally killed in the last two years. And still we’re expected to believe that everything’s perfect, that the grouse shooting industry is not riddled with armed criminals and that hen harriers are doing just fine, thriving even, according to the shooting industry’s propaganda. Wilful blindness, writ large.SHARE THIS:
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GENERAL LICENCE RESTRICTION ON LEADHILLS ESTATE: SOME FASCINATING DETAILS By RaptorPersecutionUK14 Comments
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, crow
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In November 2019, Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) imposed a three-year General Licence restriction on Leadhills Estate in South Lanarkshire following ‘clear evidence from Police Scotland that wildlife crimes had been committed on this estate’ (see here,
here
,
and here
).
Those alleged offences included the ‘illegal killing of a short-eared owl, two buzzards and three hen harriers’ that were ‘shot or caught in traps’ on Leadhills Estate since 1 January 2014 (when SNH was first given powers to impose a General Licence restriction). SNH had also claimed that ‘wild birds’ nests had also been disturbed’, although there was no further detail on this. The estate consistently denied responsibility. In December 2019 Leadhills Estate appealed against SNH’s decision to impose the General Licence restriction (see here)
but on 31 January 2020 SNH announced that it had rejected the estate’s appeal and the General Licence restriction still stood (seehere
).
We were really interested in the details of Leadhills Estate’s appeal so a freedom of information request was submitted to SNH to askfor the documents.
The information released by SNH in response is fascinating. Some material hasn’t been released due to what appear to be legitimate police concerns about the flow of intelligence about wildlife crime in the Leadhills area but what has been released provides a real insight to what goes on behind the scenes. First up is an eight page rebuttal from Leadhills Estate’s lawyers about why it thinks SNH was “manifestly unfair” to impose the General Licence restriction. Download it here: Leadhills Estate appeal against GL restrictiondecision
Next comes SNH’s six-page rejection of the estate’s appeal and the reasons for that rejection. Download it here: SNH rejects Leadhills Estate appeal againstGLrestriction
Prepare for some jaw-dropping correspondence from Leadhills Estate’s lawyers, including a discussion about how the raptor workers who found the hen harrier trapped by it’s leg in an illegally-set spring trap next to its nest last year ‘didn’t take steps to assist in the discovery of the suspect, which could have included placing a cameraon the nest’.
Are they for real??!! Can you imagine the uproar, had those raptor workers placed a camera pointing at the nest and identified a suspect who was subsequently charged? We’ve all seen how that scenario plays out, with video evidence dismissed as ‘inadmissible’ and the game-shooting lobby leering about the court victory. That Leadhills Estate is now arguing that the failure of the raptor workers to install covert cameras is reason for the estate to avoid a penalty is simply astonishing, although the next time covert video evidence is challenged in a Scottish court it’ll be useful to be able to refer to this estate’s view that such action would be deemed reasonable. Apart from anything else though, those raptor workers were too busy trying to rescue that severely distressed hen harrier from anillegally-set trap:
Other gems to be found within this correspondence include the news that a container of an illegal pesticide (Carbosulfan) was found on Leadhills Estate in May 2019 and contributed to SNH’s decision to impose the General Licence restriction (this information has not previously been made public – why not?) and that during a police search of the estate (sometime in 2019 but the actual date has been redacted) the police seized some traps. The details of why those traps were seized has also been redacted but SNH write, ‘Although this in itself does not establish criminality it certainly adds weight to our “loss of confidence” ’. The Estate claims that the alleged impartiality of the witnesses should have some bearing on proceedings but SNH bats this away with ease, saying that the evidence on which the restriction decision was made was provided by Police Scotland and that the partiality of witnesses has not been identified as a significant factor of concern for the police, and thus not for SNH either. It’s also amusing to see the estate claim ‘full cooperation’ by the estate with police enquiries. SNH points out that this so-called ‘full cooperation’ was actually largely limited to “no comment” interviews! We don’t get to say this very often but hats off to SNH for treating the estate’s appeal with the disdain which, in our opinion, it thoroughly deserves. Meanwhile, following SNH’s decision in January to uphold the General Licence restriction on Leadhills Estate due to ‘clear evidence’ of wildlife crime, we’re still waiting for Scottish Land & Estates (SLE) to respond to our enquiries about whether Leadhills Estate is still a member and whether Lord Hopetoun of Leadhills Estate is still Chairman of SLE’s Scottish Moorland Group.SHARE THIS:
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‘SCAREMONGERING & HYSTERIA’ FROM USUAL SUSPECTS IN RESPONSE TO WILD JUSTICE LEGAL CHALLENGE By RaptorPersecutionUK11 Comments
Categories: News
It’s taken them a while, probably because they’ve been desperately trying to stem the membership haemorrhage following their recent u-turn on lead ammunition,
but the game-shooting industry is back to its scaremongering best when it comes to Wild Justice and is desperately trying to claw back some credibility amongst its members that haven’t yet jumped ship. (If you’re interested in the scale of membership upset about the lead ammunition issue, take a look at BASC’s Facebook page as the fall-out continues – it’s quite astonishing. We’re still keenly waiting to hear from the industry’s greatest cheerleader, Ian Botham, after his fantastic endorsement of lead ammunition in 2017 –see here
).
Anyway, on Saturday the _Telegraph_ published this hysteria-ladenpiece
in response to Wild Justice’s latest legal challenge seeking a judicial review of gamebird releases: Wild Justice has responded with a blogas follows:
WILD JUSTICE MISREPRESENTED BY DAILY TELEGRAPH, AGAIN Scaremongering and hysteria is the response we’ve come to expect from many within the game-shooting world whenever Wild Justice launches a new legal challenge, and that’s exactly what the Daily Telegraph published yesterday in an article headlined as, ‘Dog walkers could be banned from swathes of countryside under Chris Packham plans, it is feared’. According to Telegraph journalist Hayley Dixon, Wild Justice’s current legal action against DEFRA concerning the Government’s failure to undertake environmental impact assessments on the release of millions of non-native gamebirds near Natura 2000 sites, ‘could have a knock on effect on other activities’ such as ‘dog-walking, horse riding and farming’. Her article includes quotes from BASC, Countryside Alliance, Game Farmers’ Association and the National Gamekeepers Organisation so it’s not difficult to see what promptedthe melodrama.
Wild Justice co-director Dr Mark Avery said the suggestion that dog-walking would be affected was “nonsense”, adding, “Our case is about the real issue of biodiversity concerns”. Solicitor Tessa Gregory from law firm Leigh Day, representing Wild Justice, did provide a quote to the journalist but only part of it was published. Here it is in full: “_The suggestion that Wild Justice’s legal claim could result in the need to assess the environmental impact of dog-walking in the countryside is wrong and shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the law. Assessment is required under the law where, based on objective evidence, it is not possible to exclude likely significant effects of a plan or project on protected sites (known as Natura2000 sites)._
_It is the scale, organisation and regularity of the mass release of gamebirds that mean such releases are capable of being a plan or project for the purposes of the law. Where these mass releases are on or near protected sites, it will in some instances (as accepted by Defra), not be possible to exclude negative impacts. It is in those circumstances that Wild Justice are asking the Government to comply with the law and carry out an assessment of the environmental impact of gamebird releases. Of course, there is nothing to fear from an assessment if a particular activity does not harm a protectedsite”._
Oh, and by the way, Daily Telegraph, none of the three Wild Justice Directors (Chris Packham CBE, Dr Mark Avery, Dr Ruth Tingay) are ‘animal rights activists’ as you’ve wrongly asserted. We’ve been here with you many times before (e.g. see here) and if you
continue to misrepresent us we will consider legal action.ENDS
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PEREGRINE FOUND SHOT IN SHROPSHIRE: POLICE APPEAL FOR INFORMATION By RaptorPersecutionUK23 Comments
Categories: 2020 persecution incidents,
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and Persecution Incidents in EnglandTags: peregrine
,
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Press release from West Mercia Police (13 March 2020) APPEAL AFTER BIRD SUFFERS GUN INJURY Police are appealing for help after a bird was found with what is believed to be a shotgun wound. The Peregrine Falcon was found on the morning of Tuesday 10 March near Humber Lane, close to the roundabout on the A442 near Leegomery. It was taken to the vets with a broken wing and an x-ray showed fragmentsof a gunshot.
Although the falcon is recovering well it is possible it will not beable to fly again.
Anyone with information is urged to contact West Mercia Police on 101 quoting incident 704S 100320 or alternatively information can be given anonymously to Crimestoppers by calling 0800 555111.ENDS
Well done West Mercia Police for a speedy response and appeal forinfo.
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