Blow that whistle! 9th October 2023 Let us tell you a story – some of it is known, some of it is surmise based on anonymous… Read more >
Regulating gamebird releases in Wales – an update 25th September 2023 Earlier this year, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) opened a public consultation about its proposed measures to regulate the release of… Read more >
NRW consultation on gamebird releases: your chance to participate 12th June 2023 Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is consulting on future regulations to control gamebird releases. Their plans are to adopt a very… Read more >
Wild Justice starts new legal challenge of gamebird release regulations 8th June 2023 Today Wild Justice sent a Pre-Action Protocol letter to Dr Therese Coffey, the Secretary of State at Defra, and named… Read more >
Dendles Wood – a sorry tale 17th March 2023 We have received a response from NE to our information requests about Dendles Wood (see here). It reveals a sorry… Read more >
Pheasants camping out in Dartmoor woods 8th February 2023 You might have heard about Dartmoor in the news quite a lot recently – see, for example, here. In January… Read more >
Defra doesn’t know what it’s doing (not news) on catching up and bird flu 22nd December 2022 Defra really doesn’t like to rock the boat by reforming anything to do with recreational shooting in England. We suspect… Read more >
We write to Defra about gamebirds and avian flu 2nd December 2022 This summer has seen unprecedented levels of highly pathogenic avian flu in wild birds in the UK (and elsewhere). In… Read more >
Update: The Schrodinger’s Pheasant conundrum. 11th March 2022 You might remember our recent head-scratcher involving gamebirds; when is a Pheasant livestock, and when is it wildlife? Today news… Read more >
