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: 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
A software company has come up with the solution to the UK’s gun licensing woes. It will clear the backlog, it will mean the government
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWaNTfO0f0 Here are the links: Princess Charlotte wears Jack Pyke – Instagram Have your say on new shotgun rules – Countryside Alliance Gamekeeping course closure
Here are the links: Government delays recognition of hunting culture – Gov.uk Oxford Gun Company pair lost – Facebook Scottish government’s muirburn muddle – BASC
Here are the links: Hunters take legal action against The Mirror – Mirror.co.uk Police recover stolen gundogs – BBC Sea eagle snatches lamb – Facebook
Here are the links: Deer damage the broads – EADT DEFRA bans SPA gamebird release – Gov.uk and BASC Wildfires rage on National Trust land –
Here are the links: League Against Cruel Sports boss arrested – Sky News UK uplands wildfires: Woodhead, Derbyshire – Facebook Staffordshire – ITV Northern Ireland