Beavers – just saying…
This letter was sent on behalf of Wild Justice in response to the DEFRA consultation on Beaver reintroduction. In para 73 of the consultation DEFRA says ‘We intend to make be...
Congratulations to Trees for Life and Scottish Beavers
We were delighted to hear yesterday that the excellent Scottish-based group, Trees for Life, have won their legal challenge against NatureScot on the issuing of licences to kill Be...
Natural England – let’s call the whole thing off!
You may remember that Natural England has been thinking about reintroducing Hen Harriers into southern England for years – huge amounts of time have been spent on this contro...
Update on our e-action – 37,000 emails sent
You have sent 37,000 emails to UK parliamentarians through our e-action, Uplands for people, for the climate and for wildlife. Thank you! All elected parliamentarian in England (MP...
A setback – permission refused
We heard yesterday, Friday, afternoon that we have been refused permission for judicial review of the much criticised and frankly grossly inadequate regulations brought in by DEFRA...
Our letter on the start of the pheasant-shooting season
We were delighted to see our letter published in various regional newspapers in the north of England at the beginning of October. Here is an example from the Ripley & Heanor Ne...
Update on our e-action – 25,000 emails sent
Our e-action, Uplands for people, for the climate and for wildlife has passed the 25,000 emails milestone. Almost every elected parliamentarian in England (MPs), Scotland (MSPs), W...
Today is the opening day of the Pheasant-shooting season
Today is the first day of the Pheasant-shooting season. Pheasants are not native to the UK, they were brought here by the Romans, but the Romans didn’t breed 50 million Pheas...
