Scottish government likely to approve neonicotinoid insecticide that US termed an ‘environmental hazard’The Scottish government appears ready to Read More
May 27, 2021
Wildlife
Mar 31, 2021
Charities’ watchdog starts inquiry into Carrie Symonds’ employer
Wildlife charity Aspinall Foundation investigated over possible financial mismanagementThe Charity Commission has begun an investigation into Read More
Mar 17, 2021
ECJ orders France to ban glue-trap hunting of songbirds outright
Campaigners welcome ruling that ‘tradition is no excuse’ and practice is not selective and breaks EU rulesEuropean judges have ordered France to Read More
Nov 18, 2020
Can Spain fix its worst ecological crisis by making a lagoon a legal person?
Murcia residents hope to protect the polluted Mar Menor, Europe’s largest saltwater lagoon, with a change in legal status“At least we know it is Read More
Oct 30, 2020
Pheasant and partridge classified as species that imperil UK wildlife
Shooting interests in England will need licence to release non-native birds near nature reservesPheasants and partridges are to be classified Read More
Sep 18, 2020
Activists sue ministers over release of game birds for shooting
Wild Justice accuses UK government of breaching duty to protect conservation sites Conservationists are suing the UK government over the release of Read More
Jul 31, 2020
Chris Packham loses appeal against HS2 rail project
Environmentalists say the impact of the project will lead to irreversible damageThe broadcaster Chris Packham has lost his case against HS2 in the Read More
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
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
Sep 05, 2019
Maurice the noisy cockerel can keep crowing, court rules
French judge ruffles feathers by rejecting complaint about bird’s dawn squawking At last Maurice the cockerel has something to crow about. A court has Read More
Aug 19, 2019
Scottish gamekeeper who killed protected birds of prey avoids jail
Campaigners call for stiffer penalties after Alan Wilson given community sentenceA sheriff has criticised Scotland’s weak wildlife crime laws after a Read More
Aug 19, 2019
Scottish gamekeeper who killed protected birds of prey avoids jail
Campaigners call for stiffer penalties after Alan Wilson given community sentenceA sheriff has criticised Scotland’s weak wildlife crime laws after a Read More