Upsetting message from Cheshire Against the Cull

Blood on their hands!!! It seems like earliers misleading headline was to soften the blow of the amount of badgers killed during last years cull. 38,642 lives taken across 54 cull zones. Out of those, kill figures for areas/zones in Cheshire or areas/zones that Cheshire are a part of are ; Area 11 - Cheshire …

Badger cull to be effectively banned in 2022, Environment Secretary announces

It is thought over 100,00 badgers have been killed since 2013 27 January 2021 The badger cull will be effectively banned in 2022, the environment secretary has announced, after years of rows between animal welfare campaigners and farmers. Thousands of badgers are killed each year because they spread bovine tuberculosis to cows, threatening farmers' herds. …

Keep your eyes peeled

Message from Cheshire Monitors 03/01/2021 For this vehicle. It's been seen around Cheshire where there have been cases of badger sett interference. More detailed information has been passed to the police and we urge you, while you're having your permitted exercise, to keep a look out for the vehicle and anything suspicious going on in …

Welsh pheasant shooting season to begin despite Covid-19 crisis

Posted 1st October, 2020 The start of the pheasant shooting season begins on October 1 condemning millions of ‘game’ birds to being blasted out of sky for ‘sport’ over the next four months. The beginning of the shooting season takes place against a backdrop of an escalation of Covid-19 in Wales and Government advice to …

Another good article by Channel 4 News

21st September 2020 Is the Queen about to turn her back on grouse shooting? It's long been under scrutiny over the potential damage it does to wildlife and the environment. Now the government's decision to exempt hunting and shooting from the Covid rule of six has led many to turn their fire on the grouse-shooting …

Police appeal after ‘horrific’ killing of goshawk

15th July 2020 NORTH Yorkshire Police is appealing for information about an incident in which a goshawk appeared to be killed after becoming caught in a cage trap. Video footage, which was passed on to North Yorkshire Police, shows the bird becoming caught in the trap in the early hours of May 2. Shortly afterwards, …

Three birds of prey found dead in Staffordshire Moorlands

20th May 2020 Police have raised concerns after three birds of prey were found dead in the Staffordshire Moorlands. On Saturday (16 May) a buzzard and peregrine falcon were sadly discovered dead in a wooded area of Longnor, and yesterday (Tuesday 19 May) a second peregrine falcon was found dead near Wetton. As there were …

Message from the Hunt Investigation Team

Hunt Investigation Team Badger rescue from gamekeeper’s snare 15th May 2020 Hit received intel that the Moscar gamekeepers had put snares on an active badger run. The snares were in the Fearnley Hill Plantation at the top end of the Rivelin Valley conservation area and yards from the Wyming Brook Nature Reserve , a SSSI …

RSPB Raptor Persecution Map

The RSPB’s Raptor Persecution Map Hub: it is the most complete centralised set of known confirmed raptor persecution incidents in the UK. Desktop version - click here Mobile/tablet version - click here

‘Surge’ in illegal bird of prey killings since lockdown

15th May 2020 The wildlife charity the RSPB says it has been "overrun" by reports of birds of prey being illegally killed since the lockdown started six weeks ago. Species of raptors (birds of prey) that had been targeted include hen harriers, peregrine falcons, red kites, goshawks, buzzards and a barn owl. The wildlife charity …