I SPENT TWO DAYS WITH SABS THAT STOPPED GROUSE SHOOTS

25th August 2022 Each year since 2017, the Hunt Saboteurs Association has co-ordinated a national day of action against grouse shooting on 12 August. This is the so-called Glorious Twelfth, the opening day of the grouse shooting season. For 2022, though, the HSA decided on a “week of action”, targetting shoots over multiple days beginning on 12 August. …

Grouse shooting season is due to start on 12th August

If you have any info on any shoots or dates they will be out shooting please let us know ASAP on 07960 038230, all info will be in treated in strict confidence. Grouse and Pheasant Shooting and How To Sab Them Grouse shooting season : August 12th - 10th December Grouse are smaller than pheasant …

Officials warned of ‘serious wildlife incidents’ at Queen’s Sandringham estate

15th July 2022 Exclusive: Dozens of laws protect Queen’s private estates from investigators – but documents reveal allegations of wildlife crime A Guardian investigation has revealed that dozens of UK laws stipulate that police are barred from entering any of the Queen’s private estates to investigate crimes. On a pleasant autumn evening in 2007, a …

Another gamekeeper convicted for poison offences on a pheasant shoot

13th June 2022 David Matthews, a gamekeeper with 50 years experience, has been convicted at Wrexham Magistrates Court for poison offences uncovered on the McAlpine Estate in Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, North Wales, where he has worked for 25 years. In February 2021 a dead red kite was found on the estate by a member of …

Gamekeeper caught with illegally killed birds on Wiltshire farm

It is said to be England's largest raptor persecution case 2nd June 2022 A Wiltshire man was caught with a number deceased red kites, buzzards and herrings at a farm in Pewsey, a court heard. Archie Watson, 21, of Dragon Lane, Manningford Bruce in Pewsey was employed as a gamekeeper on the farm and previously …

Man in court for harming birds of prey in ‘largest English raptor persecution case’

10th May 2022 A 21-year-old Wiltshire man is due in court for deliberately harming legally protected British birds of prey in what is being called ‘potentially the largest English raptor persecution case in terms of numbers of victims.’ Raptor persecution is the illegal shooting, trapping and poisoning of birds of prey like peregrine falcons, red …

Police probe traps baited with live pigeons on Norfolk estate

9th May 2022 A police investigation is under way into whether live pigeons were used as bait to kill birds of prey on a Norfolk estate. Officers went to the Hilborough House estate belonging to William van Cutsem, 42, a close friend of Prince William and godfather to Prince George, as part of a probe …

Elmstead: ‘Hunter’ had knife ‘due to work culling farm animals’

28th March 2022 A HUNTER found to be carrying a lock knife “endorsed” by celebrity adventurer Bear Grylls had the blade to help keep rodents off nearby farmland, a court was told. Samuel Berry, 24, was arrested after police visited his home in Colchester Road, Elmstead, over an unrelated matter. The officers got no response …

Outcry prompts U-turn over killing wild birds to protect game birds in England

Government backs down from guidance that would have allowed birds such a crows to be shot 11th March 2022 The government has U-turned on guidance to shooters that reclassified pheasants as livestock, meaning that wild birds such as crows could be shot to protect them in certain circumstances, after a furious reaction from the public. …

Gamekeeper who beat two buzzards to death given suspended jail sentence

Good 5 minute video from Channel 4 News - The report starts with distressing footage of animal cruelty. https://www.channel4.com/news/gamekeeper-who-beat-two-buzzards-to-death-given-suspended-jail-sentence Hunting is a multi-million pound industry. People pay handsomely to hunt grouse, pheasants and other game. But keeping their numbers up risks creating an incentive to keep the numbers of their predators down. The problem? Many …