Helping tackle the War On Wildlife
Back in December 2018 a letter was published in the UK’s Guardian newspaper, titled, “The Complex Issue of Big Game Trophy Hunting”. One of its signatories was Prof Adam Hart, and a later Twitter interaction led to this podcast.
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On warm October days all across the northern hemisphere, you may well see squadrons of ladybirds seemingly appearing out of nowhere and making a beeline for quiet corners of your house. These are Asian Harlequin Ladybirds so named, writes Charlie Moores, because of the huge number of colour forms they occur in.
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‘Following the news that two of this year’s five brood meddled Hen Harriers had ‘vanished’ on grouse moors in the north of England in September 2019 we now learn that a third harrier has disappeared, also in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.’ Brood meddled Hen Harriers? Time for an explanation, writes Charlie Moores
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More than 500 million bees were found dead by beekeepers in Brazil over a three-month period earlier this year. Now, scientists are linking these mass bee die-offs to an increase in the use of pesticides, fueled by the weakening of chemical regulations by the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro.
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A study from Cornell University last month found the US and Canada has lost one in four of their birds – or nearly 3 billion breeding adults – since 1970. The first-ever comprehensive assessment revealed across-the-board declines that scientists have called “staggering”.
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October. All across Europe hundreds of millions of birds are leaving their northern breeding grounds in woodlands, gardens, marshes, and mountains to escape the winter. Heading for their overwintering/non-breeding grounds in eg sub-Saharan Africa or India, huge numbers will die en route. Starvation, predators, bad weather all take a toll – but literally millions of birds will die in mist nets or will be shot out of the sky for fun.
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Following the State of Nature reports in 2013 and 2016, leading professionals from more than 70 wildlife organisations have joined with government agencies for the first time, to present the clearest picture to date of the status of the UK’s species.
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The third episode of ‘The War on Wildlife Podcast’ is now available from iTunes and Lush Player. Partly inspired by Chris Packham’s People’s Manifesto for Wildlife, which used the hashtag War on Wildlife, this episode sees Charlie Moores and Ruth Peacey discuss the war on badgers, bovine TB, vaccination, and give their thoughts on campaigning.
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A quick note to Alexander Armstrong
Royal Patronages: Fit for the 21st Century?
National Lockdown | Hunting Season on hold
ITV News shows Kimblewick Hunt killing a fox
Wild Justice | ‘What gamekeepers do’
Nesting birds and the law
Fox Hunting lobbyists seeking way round new Covid law
The ‘voices of the countryside’, raptor persecution, and trophy hunting
Guest Post | Badger Cull Monitor: ‘I am exhausted’
Devon and Somerset Staghounds filmed cracking whip over a deer’s head
