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Guest Post | Forestry England, National Trust, and Fox Hunting

Posted on April 9, 2020September 21, 2020 by Charlie Moores

‘There are campaigns for an end to hunting on land belonging to both the National Trust & FE. Here’s an overview of the behaviour of the licensed hunts, along with the current and upcoming campaigning efforts calling on both landowners to ban hunting. Feel free to ask yourself whilst reading whether you think these so-called ‘trail hunts’ should be granted licences to hunt on government and charity-owned land.’ Guest post by Jack Riggall

Guest post: Ellie Walliker | Hare Coursing in Cambridgeshire

Posted on January 23, 2020April 24, 2021 by Charlie Moores

Guest post by Cambridgeshire resident Ellie Walliker. Hare coursing incidents in Cambridgeshire have increased dramatically since 2009. Despite the formation of the police’s Operation Galileo (#OpGalileo), which involves 12 police forces, hare coursing related incidents still happen weekly. Reasons why coursing is so prevalent in this fenland county are that coursers trespass on private land and this can easily go unnoticed, particularly at dusk. Coursers are not renowned for their politeness and gentle nature and their complete lack of compassion is not restricted to those of the furred or feathered variety.

War On Wildlife Shortcast | Nick Weston (LACS)

Posted on November 4, 2019November 11, 2019 by Charlie Moores

In this shortcast Nick Weston, Head of Campaigns at League Against Cruel Sports, suggests that the key to tackling the war on wildlife is ‘to speak up and ask questions’. [Duration 0:01:28]

Hare-coursing 101

Posted on October 31, 2019November 1, 2019 by Charlie Moores

A recent newspaper report from Scotland titled ‘Illegal hare-coursers threatened to ‘burn down’ Angus farm’ highlighted the ongoing problem with a form of wildlife abuse that was supposed to end with the passing of the Hunting Act 2004. But what is ‘hare coursing’ and what can be done to tackle it?

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