This Guardian story below is now over 4 years old, however it highlights the inconsistencies and shambles in Scottish Courts when sentencing wildlife criminals today. In 2015 George Mutch gamekeeper was sentenced to 4 months in prison by Aberdeen Sheriff Court after being found guilty of 4 charges, including setting stares hitting a goshawk over […]
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There are sufficient reasons depicted by the images below, including Chris Packham’s video, why we should all sign the ongoing petition calling for the banning of Driven Grouse shooting in England. We would ask each of you to please take a few moment to sign and share the petition to your friends to […] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 26 June 2018 [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/BBYM-Logo1$-150×150$.jpg” alt=”BBYM Logo” class=”aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-24131″ ] WILDLIFE GROUPS SLAM UNITED UTILITIES OVER DEADLY SNARES ON MOORS Warrington, UK – Wildlife protection organisations have slammed United Utilities for allowing snares on moorland […] On Wednesday 14 March a third hearing of this case took place under the direction of a Judge at Preston Magistrates court. Wednesdays hearing was convened to debate the admissibility or otherwise of evidence in respect to this important prosecution. Just to remind everyone the gamekeeper had been charged with 9 offences under the Countryside […] Police have joined forces with wildlife experts to combat bird of prey killings in the county with the UK’s worst record for attacks. […] Five-year jail terms for animal cruelty crimes are planned by Michael Gove as offenders continue to get off lightly he claims. Well we know all about that don’t we? The Environment Secretary wants max term of six months increased dramatically to five years in prison, the new legislation should be on the statute books by […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Fen-Trap$-287×300$.jpg” alt=”Fen Trap” class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-12960″ ]You will most likely not aware that there are changes on the horizon for the use of Fenn traps in the UK because they are no longer considered humane for use on some fur-bearing species. The details in brief can be viewed on the attached Game & Wildlife […] Police Scotland can confirm that an investigation into the alleged illegal setting of traps to deliberately target birds of prey near Auchintoul, Strathdearn has been launched. [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/buzzardweb.jpg” alt=”buzzardweb” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-22827″ ] Police were informed of an incident that occurred on 7 June 2017 where a buzzard was found after having been illegally trapped […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/DD9-jdDWAAAMbSO-WEB.jpg” alt=”DD9-jdDWAAAMbSO-WEB” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-22820″ ] The fight to save England’s Hen Harriers will be highlighted on Sunday 6th August at the fourth Hen Harrier day being held at Dunsop Bridge in the Forest of Bowland hosted by the North West Raptor Protection Group. Everyone interested in saving this iconic moorland species […] In his latest video Terry Pickford highlights two effective but legal management strategies introduced on grouse moor estates in northern England designed to unsettle peregrines and hen harriers, preventing these species from settling to breed on moorland where red grouse are shot.
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