top of page

LATEST
NEWS
The latest news and updates on the campaign to protect moorland communities and rural England.
Search


Charities and activist groups turn on Luke Steele and his campaign group 'Wild Moors UK'
Luke Steele, the criminal animal rights extremist who previously spent 18 months in prison, is finding friends few and far between....
Jan 10, 2022


Common sense prevails as Defra ignores Wild Justice's vendetta against shooting
As of 1 January 2022, general licences – which dictate the rules of how conservation managers and landowners are able to manage numbers...
Jan 6, 2022


Saving the Curlew: how fiddling while Rome burns has become the strategy of choice for the RSPB
Everyone says that one of the most pressing bird conservation issues is the continued long term decline in curlew numbers, both...
Jan 4, 2022


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Ten
Day Ten - Another Failed Court Case Wild Justice seem to determined to draw out the legal process, and their supporters funds, even when...
Dec 24, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Nine
As if Wild Justice needed any more evidence of what would happen to some of our rarest red listed birds without proper land management,...
Dec 23, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Eight
Despite wild game being by far and away the most sustainable and nutritious source of protein, that hasn't stopped Wild Justice from...
Dec 22, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Seven
Wildfires are tragically becoming a more and more serious concern in Britain, increasing in both frequency and devastation. The 2018...
Dec 21, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Six
Cognitive dissonance is a wonderful thing. It certainly helps conservationists no end – whether that’s in opposing muirburn just to let...
Dec 20, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Five
Natural England remains a prominent presence across the uplands of the UK. As well as having their own involvement in certain areas of...
Dec 19, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Four
Having joined forces with the RSPB to run an unsuccessful campaign called 'ban-the-burn', which sort to ban any sort of burning across...
Dec 18, 2021


Natural England data on tagged hen harriers brings fantastic festive news
Natural England have today published their latest data on hen harrier monitoring, tagging and satellite tracking. This year Natural...
Dec 17, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Three
Day Three - Wild Justice wastage of public funds In early September, Packham tweeted a letter he had sent to Defra concerning “the amount...
Dec 17, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day Two
Day Two - Mark Avery's Court of Appeal failure on Hen Harrier Brood Management Mark Avery was never far away from making headlines for...
Dec 16, 2021


Top ten failures of 2021 from Wild Justice and friends - Day One
To celebrate this festive season we thought we would recap on the top ten failures by Wild Justice and their friends over the past twelve...
Dec 15, 2021


Hen Harriers enjoy best year in decades, no thanks to the RSPB
There has been a lot of good news about hen harriers this year. First and foremost must be the incontrovertible fact that 2021, in spite...
Dec 12, 2021


Despite poor grouse numbers, the shooting season has boosted Scotland's economy and biodiversity
As this year’s grouse shooting season comes to an end, statistics from Scotland show that despite a limited number of shoot days, the...
Dec 10, 2021


Gamekeepers come to the rescue across the country as Storm Arwen wreaks havoc
This week Storm Arwen has swept through the country, causing havoc in many parts of Scotland and northern England. 30,000 homes were left...
Dec 2, 2021


Packham and his Wild Justice cronies, Tingay and Avery, lose in court yet again
Another week, another failed Wild Justice court case. This afternoon the trio of Mark Avery, Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay have seen yet...
Dec 1, 2021


All of a twitter over Twite in Nidderdale
Recently, an article in The Guardian tried to blame the continuing decline of the Twite – or Pennine finch – on grouse moor management....
Nov 30, 2021


Peak District gamekeepers raise £19,100 to save struggling pre-school and daycare centre
The Deepcar pre-school and daycare centre as been a pillar of the community for residents in this rural area of the Peak District but it...
Nov 23, 2021
bottom of page
