Alas, I have been uncharacteristically quiet on the issue of driven grouse shooting of late, though this does not mean I have not been keeping track of the proceedings. I watched the evidence session,...
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It’s that time of year again. The clocks have changed, the nights are drawing in and the fires are being lit. Drawing the curtains in the morning we are met with a black...
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This post was updated on 4th November. Yesterday MPs met to discuss the petition started by Mark Avery to ban driven grouse shooting, and another far smaller petition in support of grouse shooting....
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If there are two words in the world of conservation that I find some of the most abhorrent, it would have to be raptor persecution. In 2016, in a world of heightened awareness...
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Wildlife populations across the globe have fallen by 58% in just over 40 years, according to the Living Planet assessment. The assessment is published every two years with the goal of assessing the...
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Crack out the champagne, hang out the bunting and perform your own celebration dance, because British raptor lovers have something to celebrate! Celebrate? Is that a typo? Well, you’d be forgiven for thinking...
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How can conservationists claim to want to protect and preserve certain species whilst at the same time promoting the shooting, culling and destruction of others? Let me set the scene. In one corner...
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‘You won’t get phone reception out here,’ he said, cradling the rifle under one arm and resting his other hand over the barrel. He wore green overalls and wellington boots, with a...
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If you happen to be a business man or a business woman, I am sure there is one particular part of your trade that you are all too aware of and is near impossible...
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‘The Life of Brian.’ To many of you, when you read those words, you will no doubt be put in mind of the religious comedy film, written and performed by Monty Python. I remember...
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