Toxic lead ammunition banned to protect Britain’s countryside 10th July 2025 PRESS RELEASE FROM DEFRA, 10 JULY 2025: Toxic lead ammunition banned to protect Britain’s countryside Red kites and white-tailed eagles… Read more >
Our letter to Defra about lead ammunition 6th January 2025 At the end of 2024 Wild Justice wrote to Steve Reed MP, the Secretary of State (SoS) for the Environment,… Read more >
Please respond to a public consultation on lead ammunition 5th December 2023 Today we are asking you, please, to respond to a consultation by the Health and Safety Executive on the use… Read more >
Lead Ammunition 1st January 2019 COMING SOON Our policy position on lead ammunition is being finalised Read more >
Leaden progress 19th December 2024 It looks as though we are moving, oh so slowly, towards the removal of lead ammunition from most of UK… Read more >
Press Release: Wild Justice lodges complaint about Waitrose and Marks & Spencer selling gamebirds contaminated with toxic lead shot 25th September 2024 Environmental campaign group Wild Justice has lodged a complaint to the Competition and Marketing Authority about false claims made by… Read more >
Waitrose still selling gamebirds contaminated with toxic lead shot, despite telling customers it only stocks lead-free gamebirds 25th September 2024 Lead is a poison and has been removed from many formerly common uses such as for water pipes and fishing… Read more >
Game meat with high lead levels still being sold 7th May 2024 BACKGROUND Lead is a poison and has been removed from many formerly common uses such as for water pipes and… Read more >