BASC go ballistic
Maybe it was optimistic to think that the shooting industry would be eager to see the issue of the conservation […]
Maybe it was optimistic to think that the shooting industry would be eager to see the issue of the conservation […]
We launched our fundraising drive for the Wild Justice Fighting Fund less than a week ago but it has already […]
Today, indeed this very afternoon, our lawyers have sent the following Pre-Action Protocol letter to the Secretary of State for […]
We’ve been getting payments through PayPal, transfers to our bank account and cheques in the post. All are very, very […]
There are lots of nature reserves around the UK where you might see birds of prey this winter, including, if […]
Wild Justice launched 11 months ago and in the month running up to our birthday we are asking you for […]
As a member of Wildlife and Countryside Link, Wild Justice signed a recent letter to Theresa Villiers asking for an […]
Today is our birthday! On 26 October last year we registered Wild Justice as a not for profit company. It […]
Dear Tony Open letter to Natural England Chair, Board and staff It was good to meet you and Marian two […]
Natural Resources Wales (the equivalent of Natural England, the Environment Agency and Forestry England rolled into one) has issued its […]
Chris Packham, pictured above holding a Wild Justice postcard promoting our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting, and wearing an […]
Huge congratulations to Wild Justice co-director Chris Packham, who received the Outstanding Contribution Award at the Mirror Animal Hero Awards […]
We have received many requests, pleas and some communications akin to demands, that we take legal action against Defra over […]
Everyone is looking at general licences following our successful legal challenge of the system, and in the knowledge that further […]
Yesterday, after nearly three months of cogitation, Defra agreed that the law requires them to assess the ecological impacts of […]
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) ordered a review of licencing arrangements following a legal challenge in England by campaign group Wild […]
We sent the following letter to the Defra legal team yesterday. As you can see, they are either in some […]
We are thrilled by the support that our e-petition has received – thank you to all our supporters. This matter […]
To somewhat use the words of one of my favourite Bob Dylan songs, at Hen Harrier Day at Carsington the […]
Wild Justice is playing its small part in working on general environmental issues with the wider conservation community. We were […]
Wild Justice was quite busy at the Bird Fair over the Friday-Sunday. Friday morning started at 09:30 with a talk […]
If you are at the Bird Fair today then please take a postcard away with you. This postcard: It’s obviously, […]
The three directors of Wild Justice have a 5-year track record of calling for a ban of intensive Red Grouse […]
What wonderful speakers there were at Hen Harrier Day! We don’t have images of them all, but here are some. […]
The Derbyshire Wildlife Trust were wonderful partners at yesterday’s Hen Harrier Day event at Carsington Water. Not only was Tim […]
Yesterday’s Hen Harrier Day event was a great success. Here are just a few images of the day (all by […]
The weather forecast is good for Sunday – light showers and a breeze! 12 midday – 5pm, 11th August Carsington […]
Our crowdfunder is £4000 short of being fully funded – that’s amazing. Thank you to all who have contributed. This […]
Our challenge to Defra over the impact of the release of 50+million non-native gamebirds is clearly giving them some difficulty. […]
The Daily Telegraph published a story about the absence of Chris Packham and Mark Avery from the Game Fair on […]
On Friday, our lawyers sent the following letter to Natural England regarding their evidence to the Efra Committtee and their […]
On Friday, Wild Justice’s lawyers wrote to Defra and Natural England about general licences. The beginning and end of the […]
Wild Justice directors Chris Packham and Mark Avery were supposed to be having a grilling from the Jeremy Paxman of […]
Three weeks ago Chris Packham posted this image – it’s the three Wild Justice co-directors, Mark Avery, Chris Packham and […]
Wild Justice’s Mark Avery and Chris Packham had both been invited to Friday’s Game Fair in Hertfordshire to present our […]
The Wild Justice crowdfunder to raise funding for a legal challenge of Defra (until yesterday actually of Michael Gove but […]
On Thursday morning, at 10am, Wild Justice launched its current crowdfunder to raise the massive sum of £44,500 in order […]
Wild Justice is crowdfunding so that we can take our legal challenge of Defra all the way through the courts. […]
GWCT is clearly rattled by the Wild Justice legal challenge – even though it is to Defra. Rarely do we […]
Last week Wild Justice sent a Pre Action Protocol letter to Michael Gove at Defra requiring him to assess the […]
Mark Avery, co-director of Wild Justice writes: It’s over a fortnight ago that I drove for three hours to Yorkshire […]
Preparations for Hen Harrier Day are proceeding well – although setting up an event is always a bit nerve wracking. […]
This letter was sent to Natural England yesterday and copied to the EFRA Committee.
From a sixth form college in the south of England – thank you very much indeed. We’re very grateful for […]
On Wednesday morning at 8am in a remote part of the Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in […]
Henry Morris is running through the grouse moors of the north of England this coming week to raise money for […]
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The speakers confirmed so far are the three Wild Justice directors (Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery) and Iolo […]
Natural England should be replying to Wild Justice’s Pre-Action Protocol letter over General Licence GL26 by 4pm tomorrow. We’ll be […]
Wild Justice says: Odd isn’t it? Natural England consulted with Defra in April and revoked these licences and then Defra […]
This is the section in the Licence Determination document received from Natural England to justify the publication of General Licence […]
As we wrote yesterday, Farmers Weekly has now published a news story about our new legal challenge on their website […]
Because the magazine/website Sporting Gun was unique among shooting magazines in actually asking us about what we were doing when […]
On Friday morning Wild Justice launched a new legal challenge of general licences issued by Natural England. The formal legal […]
Received from Defra yesterday afternoon: Dear colleague, We intend to announce shortly how we will proceed on general licensing, […]
It looks like there will only be one Hen Harrier Day event in the UK in 2019 – but everyone […]
You may remember this handy visual aid published by BASC a while ago – it shows the scale of revocation […]
If you are interested in what Natural England had to say about general licences and the revocation of GL04, GL05 […]
Wild Justice was founded by Dr Mark Avery, Chris Packham CBE and Dr Ruth Tingay in October 2018. It exists […]
Wild Justice noted with interest the Efra Committee meeting which took evidence yesterday from Natural England. Wild Justice will make […]
Natural England’s Deputy Chair Lord Blencathra (who was Acting Chair at the time of the decision to revoke the General […]
Wild Justice is pleased, but not remotely surprised, to see that the RSPB has followed our lead on the general […]
A few days ago we thanked BASC for their response to the Defra consultation on general licences because it clarified […]
We are grateful to BASC (British Association for Shooting and Conservation) for providing a very helpful visual aid to guide […]
Today Wild Justice submitted a response to the Defra consultation on general licences – it is copied below. Wild Justice […]
Michael Gove has taken back control of issuing general licences from Natural England (possibly because Gove’s predecessors as Secretary of […]
Wild Justice’s first legal case was a challenge of the General Licences GL04, GL05 and GL06 which ‘authorised’ the lethal […]
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