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Podcast: Checking in with Nick Weston, League Against Cruel Sports

Posted on March 26, 2020March 30, 2020 by Charlie

Here at The War on Wildlife Project we were thinking that as us campaigners, conservationists, and activists can’t get out to meet and see each other now, how about creating something to bring the conservation community together – everyone from individuals to grassroots organisations to larger charities – something that reminds us all that we’re still out there, still working, but that also shows the human side of things during this COVID-19 crisis. We could think of them as ‘check-ins’ – as in ‘checking-in to make sure we’re all okay’.

Snares: legally binding

Posted on March 17, 2020March 19, 2020 by Charlie

Snares are still widely used around the world. They’re cheap to make, easy to use, light to carry, quickly replaced if you can’t quite remember where you left them, and – good news if you’re an ivory or bushmeat poacher – far quieter than a rifle so won’t alert forest or park rangers when you’re out committing wildlife crime. But, asks Charlie Moores, are they still being used here, are they legal, and if so why…

Fox Hunts | How Many?!

Posted on February 19, 2020March 4, 2020 by Charlie

It seems to have skipped the notice of many of the UK’s many fox/stag/hare hunters that in 2002 Scotland passed the Protection Of Wild Mammals Act and that England and Wales passed the Hunting Act 2004 (which came into force in early 2005). Perhaps there wasn’t enough publicity at the time – or every year since. In fact there are hundreds of hunts still operating, and now, writes Charlie Moores, the League Against Cruel Sports have devised an interactive map to show exaclty where they are.

Animal Welfare and the General Election 2019

Posted on November 22, 2019December 3, 2019 by Charlie

There are just weeks left before the UK’s General Election, and most political pundits (and perhaps most voters) are focussing on financial commitments and Brexit. Where do the major political parties stand on animal welfare and issues like, for example, fox hunting though? Who, asks Charlie Moores, best represents the pro-wildlife voter?

Reading not Shooting

Posted on November 14, 2019November 14, 2019 by Charlie

Some excellent news in the efforts to tackle the War On Wildlife – the University of Reading has “decided to end organised game shooting on its land”. Shooting has been taking place at Hall Farm, which is owned by the university and is around five miles from the main campus.

Yorkshire Water to change the way it manages its land

Posted on November 12, 2019March 15, 2020 by Charlie

Campaigning organisations Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors and the League Against Cruel Sports have welcomed a commitment from Yorkshire Water to change the way it manages its land. Instead of automatically renewing the leases for grouse shooting, the utility company – Yorkshire’s largest landowner – will instead review each one to decide if grouse shooting will be allowed to continue.

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