Toxic lead ammunition banned to protect Britain’s countryside 10th July 2025 PRESS RELEASE FROM DEFRA, 10 JULY 2025: Toxic lead ammunition banned to protect Britain’s countryside Red kites and white-tailed eagles… Read more >
Driven grouse shooting – what it is and why it must be banned. 22nd January 2025 Wild Justice is campaigning for driven grouse shooting to be banned. Our petition to get driven grouse shooting banned is… Read more >
The RSPB on grouse shooting 22nd January 2025 We are often asked why the RSPB does not support our petition (and previous ones) to ban driven grouse shooting.… Read more >
Our letter to Defra about lead ammunition 6th January 2025 At the end of 2024 Wild Justice wrote to Steve Reed MP, the Secretary of State (SoS) for the Environment,… Read more >
Leaden progress 19th December 2024 It looks as though we are moving, oh so slowly, towards the removal of lead ammunition from most of UK… Read more >
Press Release: Wild Justice lodges complaint about Waitrose and Marks & Spencer selling gamebirds contaminated with toxic lead shot 25th September 2024 Environmental campaign group Wild Justice has lodged a complaint to the Competition and Marketing Authority about false claims made by… Read more >
Waitrose still selling gamebirds contaminated with toxic lead shot, despite telling customers it only stocks lead-free gamebirds 25th September 2024 Lead is a poison and has been removed from many formerly common uses such as for water pipes and fishing… Read more >
Game meat with high lead levels still being sold 7th May 2024 BACKGROUND Lead is a poison and has been removed from many formerly common uses such as for water pipes and… Read more >
Phasing out toxic lead voluntarily STILL isn’t working… 15th March 2024 In February last year we shared news of a study showing that voluntary phasing out of lead ammunition by the… Read more >
