Shooting interests in England will need licence to release non-native birds near nature reservesPheasants and partridges are to be classified Read More
Oct 30, 2020
Hunting
Feb 26, 2020
Defra challenged over ‘unlawful’ release of 57m game birds in UK
Wild Justice takes legal action, citing ‘ecological assault’ and harm to rare wildlife from mass release of birds for shootingEnvironmental Read More
Jan 09, 2020
Judge cleared of assaulting hunt saboteurs vows to complain to DPP
Mark Davies, 67, chairman of Barlow Hunt, damns conduct of Derbyshire police and CPSAn immigration judge has said he will formally complain to the Read More
Jan 09, 2020
Judge cleared of assaulting hunt saboteurs vows to complain to DPP
Mark Davies, 67, chairman of Barlow Hunt, damns conduct of Derbyshire police and CPSAn immigration judge has said he will formally complain to the Read More
Sep 12, 2019
Defra to review release of game birds after legal threat
Government agrees to examine impact of shooting industry’s release of 50m non-native birdsThe annual release of more than 50 million non-native game Read More
Dec 26, 2018
Foxhunting ban being ignored, say environmental groups
Foxhunts may hold Boxing Day meets under guise of trail hunting, warn campaignersEnvironmental groups fear the ban on foxhunting is being ignored as Read More
Nov 02, 2018
Labour pledges to tighten up hunting laws as convictions fall
Exclusive: party vows to axe legal loopholes that activists say let blood sports continueLabour has announced that it would strengthen the 2004 Read More
Nov 02, 2018
Labour pledges to tighten up hunting laws as convictions fall
Exclusive: party vows to axe legal loopholes that activists say let blood sports continueLabour has announced that it would strengthen the 2004 Read More
May 19, 2018
Country diary: ‘I’ve never needed a permit to go for a walk in England before’
Easton Hornstocks, Northamptonshire: A thousand years ago, mastiffs were allowed here if their front claws had been removed. Now it’s a national Read More