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 […]
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The North Yorkshire Police have issued an appeal for information. Concerns have been raised about the welfare of a hen harrier which may have gone missing along the North Yorkshire – Cumbria border. [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Hen-Harries-web.jpg” alt=”Hen-Harries-web” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-24314″ ] […] It comes as no surprise that four hen harrier chicks fitted with satellite tags this year have each disappeared after fledging; it is being claimed by the RSPB the birds each vanished under suspicious circumstances. What can be more suspicious when recent history has clearly demonstrated that hen harriers associated moorland used for Driven Grouse […] Well with clockwork regularity another season’s fledged hen harriers ‘disappear’ over grouse moors. They’re not even making an effort to throttle back in the face of growing censure, in fact they seem to be giving conservationists, the public and the law a bigger two finger salute than ever. Time to return the gesture, but […]
It may have been just a coincidence, but our glorious summer has seen Hen Harriers in one part of the Forest of Bowland, and in several northern regions of Scotland, having had one of the most productive breeding seasons witnessed in many years. […] 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 […] Chris Packham interviews a grouse moor employee to discover what really goes on behind the heather. An actor is used to protect the identity of the interviewee – but reads directly from a transcript so the conversation is fully accurate. This is our second update this spring, and frankly this is one of the most appalling seasons for our moorland raptors we have experienced in a long long time, and the situation has all the characteristics of deteriorating much further. [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Dodo.jpg” alt=”Dodo” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-20925″ ] […] 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 […] [airesizeimg src=”http://raptorpolitics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Hen-Harrier1web.jpg” alt=”Hen-Harrier1web” class=”aligncenter size-full wp-image-23857″ ] We need your support to challenge the English government to do more, and do the right things, for a persecuted bird, the Hen Harrier. Hen Harriers are wonderful birds which are in danger of disappearing from England. The reason is simple: illegal persecution on grouse moors […] |
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