Animal welfare consultant Jim Barrington goes on a tour of hare poaching victims in the Eastern Counties of England. With poachers damaging crops and farm equipment, it is up to gamekeepers to defend the land. Tony Blair’s 2004 ban on coursing was meant to have stopped this. Jim meets gamekeepers Geoff Garrod and Ed Coles and hears first hand how Blair’s ban has failed.
Click here for Ed Coles’ petition to increase poaching sentences
Here are the links: Wild Justice loses grouse shooting debate – FieldsportsChannel.tv/westminstergrousedebate2025 RSPB tries to monster gamekeepers – RSPB University fits deer with GPS collars
youtu.be/_eKYY0mrdJQ For the third time, Wild Justice ran its petition to ban grouse shooting in England. Maybe Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay thought that a
You couldn’t make it up. Darren Easton struggled to renew his certificates because Cambridgeshire Constabulary’s online form kept kicking him out, and he was stuck
Here are the links: Gun ownership falls in England and Wales – Gov.uk MP calls for firearms licensing reform – YouTube New coursing museum –
Here are the links: Moderators to come off FACs – Parliament.uk BASC sues DEFRA over gamebird release – BASC Packham show attacks falconers – Facebook
Regular UK game fair visitor Ashley Vellacott visits the French Game Fair, to see what it’s like. For more about the show, visit GameFair.fr Browning
Here are the links: Starmer’s trophy fail – FieldsportsChannel.tv/replicatrophies and FieldsportsChannel.tv/africatrophybankickback Packham group forces grouseshooting debate – Parliament.uk Scottish MSP wants to release lynx –
Here are the links: New report condemns ‘money-grabbing’ nature groups – c4pmc.co.uk Controlled burning pollution report – PPP-online.org Ravens to be shot on Orkney –
The Taylor family bought the Cricket St Thomas estate in the 1960s. They are among the original diversifiers, finding ways to make 1,000 acres in
Here are the links: Moorland groups’ message to the RSPB – YouTube Royal support for wildlife rangers – YouTube Antis attack game farms – Nation.cymru and
Here are the links: Gamekeepers support our uplands – Regional Moorland Groups Police seize MP’s guns – Linkedin.com Wild Justice challenges badger cull – Badger
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iicEsRkGpBw Here are the links: Shoots take action against DEFRA – BASC Online fire risk map – NationalGamekeepers.org.uk and Natural England Assistance dog inspires charity shoot