GWCT caught up in unlawful licensing by Defra
Last week we won a legal challenge, after Defra finally conceded that the issuing of some of their 2023 gamebird release licences was unlawful. We were very pleased, particularly a...
Badger consultation period – last minute extension
With our friends and colleagues at the Badger Trust we wrote to Defra about their consultation on 22 March – click here – and Defra told us that they would respond by F...
The confusing Defra Badger consultation
On Friday morning we asked you to spend about 20 minutes reviewing the current Defra Badger cull consultation. We are very grateful to 1082 of you who completed that task: 715 on F...
Defra gamebird licensing found to be unlawful. Wild Justice wins legal challenge
Last week, after months of spinning things out, Defra finally conceded that the issuing of licences for gamebird releases in the Deben Estuary and Breckland in 2023 was unlawful. T...
Badgers – we write to Defra
Statement by Badger Trust and Wild Justice We jointly instructed Leigh Day solicitors to send an urgent request to Defra on 22 March 2024 on their recently published consultation t...
Phasing out toxic lead voluntarily STILL isn’t working…
In February last year we shared news of a study showing that voluntary phasing out of lead ammunition by the shooting industry isn’t working. Twelve months later, and we can report...
Good news for hedgerows. You made a difference!
Back in the summer we asked you to respond to the Defra hedgerow consultation. We said that it was dull but important and we know that many of you responded to the consultation (se...
Wild Justice partners with League Against Cruel Sports to fund development of new test to detect medicated grit
Wild Justice has partnered with the League Against Cruel Sports (Scotland) to fund the development of a new laboratory test which can detect the presence of medicated grit (Flubend...
