Shooting industry’s voluntary plan to phase-out lead ammunition has failed

Several shooting organisations proposed a voluntary five-year plan for shooting enthusiasts to phase out the use of lead shotgun ammunition in 2020. A new study reveals that the effort has failed. The majority of shooters have not opted to phase out the use of lead shot when killing red grouse, much to the detriment of […]

New petition in Hockley to save badger setts

Residents of the village of Hockley in Essex have launched a campaign demanding that the local council halts plans to create allotments on land where badgers have their setts. The petition, which urges the council to use an alternative site instead, can be signed here. Badgers are protected by the 1992 Protection of Badgers Act, […]

FOI reveals hunting is being allowed in some of England’s ‘finest’ spaces for Nature

England’s Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) are the “finest sites for wildlife and natural features” in the country, according to the public body responsible for their protection, Natural England. Nonetheless, a Freedom of Information request has revealed that hunting is being permitted in some of these precious Nature sites. Precious pockets of Nature England […]