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Raptor Persecution UK: 6 million views

Posted on June 7, 2020June 8, 2020 by Charlie Moores

Yesterday the remarkable Raptor Persecution UK (RPUK) blog announced – in typically muted style – that it had now had six million views. Six million. That, as RPUK summarised it, breaks down as “approx one million views per year”. It is currently attracting over 100,000 views per month. Which means that on average every single day more than 3000 visitors read what has now undoubtedly become THE most important and most influential website on the internet dedicated to tackling the illegal persecution of birds of prey. Here’s our trubute to RPUK and the wonderful Ruth Tingay who puts the whole thing togethjer…

Solastalgia – a quiet mourning

Posted on May 16, 2020June 29, 2020 by Charlie Moores

Solastalgia describes, according to philosopher Glenn Albrecht, the man who coined the term, “the feeling of distress associated with environmental change close to your home”. It seems to be a perfect word to describe a sadness that I’m sure many can feel sneaking up on us as we come out of lockdown, as we hurtle into a ‘new normal’ that I don’t think will look much different to the ‘old normal’.

Wild Mammal Persecution UK

Posted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 by Charlie Moores

Wild Mammal Persecution UK (WMPUK) is a small group set up in 2019 to publicise and campaign against the persecution of wild mammals in the UK. The group are entirely self-funded, and as such are restricted in the amount of time they can spend researching. The more information they get about wild mammal persecution the better they are able to draw the attention of the public to the problems.

Fox hunting determined to end foxhunting?

Posted on December 31, 2019March 30, 2021 by Charlie Moores

It’s been (with the emphasis on ‘extreme’) an ‘extremely’ bad week for fox hunting. It’s been a bad week for foxes too of course, but fox hunting seems determined to rip itself apart. Shoot itself in the foot. Dump its own corpse in the headlines, writes Charlie Moores…

Is the average fox hunter a psychopath according to the Hare Psychopathy Checklist?

Posted on December 21, 2019December 31, 2019 by Charlie Moores

Here’s a fun Christmas/ Boxing Day game to play. Are fox hunters psychopaths? We’re asking of course, writes Charlie Moores, because of the recent horrific photo taken of a fox being ripped to bits by the Barlow Hunt which was out ‘following a scent trail’ near Matlock in Derbyshire.

RSPB Scotland | Another Hen Harrier shot

Posted on December 9, 2019December 10, 2019 by Charlie Moores

RSPB Scotland have just put out a press-release entitled, “Hen harrier found dead while two others disappear in suspicious circumstances”. Another devastating day for Cathleen Thomas and her team, for the future of Hen Harriers in the UK, and hopefully a deathblow to the out of control industrialised grouse shooting industry and its lobbyists.

Badgers in Bags

Posted on October 24, 2019October 19, 2020 by Charlie Moores

The photo released yesterday by Badger Trust of a protected species waiting to be chucked away like trash, shocked and offended many of us who saw it. The carcasses weren’t even checked for disease before their destruction. Charlie Moores looks at the war on badgers here in the UK.

Cyprus: massacre on migration

Posted on October 12, 2019October 29, 2019 by Charlie Moores

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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