Terry Pickford talks about wildlife crime to ‘That’s Lancashire TV’ Headlines News Last Night. Fury at Peregrine shot on Lancashire Church. Calls for tougher punishments for wildlife crimes.
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Sadly incidents of illegal killing of England’s ‘protected’ birds of prey, whether on Red Grouse moors or in the urban environment are increasing despite what our present Prime Minister is telling the public in Parliament. Conveniently Mrs. May has overlooked the fact that the Hen Harrier did not breed last year on any grouse […] Grey squirrels in North Yorkshire are being given contraceptives in their food in a bid to control their population. The move is being made in Wensleydale to help the red squirrels which live there thrive. The red squirrel has been in severe decline in the UK as the greys, which are not a […] Late last year DEFRA approved a new vermin trap ostensibly to kill stoats and rats, but DEFRA overlooked the fact that it will also kill red squirrels and hedgehogs. What makes this trap lethal is that it powered by a compressed gas capsule which enables it to release the kill and reset […] In recent years I have been visiting the island of Islay due to its dramatic wildlife which is a big winter destination for many tourists to witness the 50,000+ geese that arrive mainly from Greenland, and the dramatic landscape of the island offering habitats for so many other birds especially eagles. Islay is the most […] Last evening we received the following images and detail showing more corpses of shot game birds including 2 pheasants and 3 duck which had been dumped and discarded behind a stone wall. What makes this discovery all the more abhorrent is the fact that after each of the birds had been shot the breast meat […]
This footage depicts the corpses of approximately 200 rotting pheasants, which had been shot before being dumped adjacent an open crow trap on a red grouse moor. […] Eleven animals and birds have been poisoned in the Castro Verde ecological protection zone in the lower Alentejo, Portugal.
Among the birds found dead were endangered species including a rare Iberian imperial eagle and several Kites. […] The annual awards are now open! Answer the 10 questions below to make your opinion count. The awards are completely anonymous, but if you want to be entered into the prize draw, please do include your email address – this won’t be used for anything else. Voting closes on 30 November. https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSdAL_Xr9N7NVeS5Kg…/viewform Voting closes at […] Two things happened this week that will change the future of fox hunting in Scotland and, in turn, the rest of the UK. I wanted to share them with you because as a OneKind supporter, you’re helping make this happen. […] |
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