Helping tackle the War On Wildlife
In the following podcast, campaigners and activists (along with one anti-hunt and one pro-hunt National Trust delegate) talk about so-called ‘trail hunting’ and explain what is being done to put pressure on the Trust to stop issuing licences for so-called ‘trail hunting’ at its 2020 AGM.
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‘Trail hunting’ was invented by hunts in response to the passing of the Hunting Act 2004 which outlawed the hunting of wild animals with dogs and is widely understood to be little more than a stop-gap allowing hunts to maintain their packs while they work for the repeal of the Act. ‘Trail hunting’ looks and sounds very much like a ‘traditional’ fox hunt. Why, asks Charlie Moores, does it matter that the National Trust supports it?
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Fox Hunting lobbyists seeking way round new Covid law
Petition: Hunts and shoots should not be exempt from 6 person rule + Covid-19 restrictions
Government response to “Stop Forestry England granting licenses for Fox & Hare hunts”
Forestry Commission Chair on hunt sabs and transparency (FOI request)
Guest Post | Forestry England & Fox Hunting #2 – the Chair’s Endorsement of Bloodsport Lobbyists
Channel 4 News exposes ‘wilful blindness’ of grouse shooters
Nesting birds and the law
The ‘voices of the countryside’, raptor persecution, and trophy hunting
