History was made today when Bradford Councillors vote to end grouse shooting on Ilkley Moor

Ilkley, UK – Bradford’s Labour Group voted overwhelmingly not to renew grouse shooting rights for Ilkley Moor, a move that has been strongly welcomed by wildlife campaigners.

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January 15th, 2018 | Category: ban driven grouse shooting, Grouse Moors, Grouse shooting | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

New paper: eggshell thickness from bearded vulture eggs from the Pyrenees decreased abruptly after 2004

Shell thickness of bearded vulture eggs from the period 1989 to 2012 (collected from nests after breeding failure and/or fledging) was compared with eggs collected from 1858 to 1911 (and now held in European museums) by Mauro Hernandez and colleagues. Their results, just published on Science of the […]

January 15th, 2018 | Category: bearded Vulture, Vulture Conservation Foundation | Comments are closed