Wild Justice presses ahead with legal challenge against the government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has issued a legal challenge to the government’s claim that the new Planning […]
PRESS RELEASE: Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has issued a legal challenge to the government’s claim that the new Planning […]
We recently launched a crowdfunder to support the legal challenge we are taking, in partnership with our friends at The […]
A legal challenge by wildlife groups The Badger Trust and Wild Justice against the granting of badger culling licences has […]
The UK Government recently announced a public consultation on proposed changes to The Heather and Grass etc Burning (England) Regulations […]
Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has written to the government calling on it to correct a statement made in Parliament […]
Wild Justice slams environmental provisions in government’s new Planning and Infrastructure Bill Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has slammed the […]
In October 2020, Wild Justice established a Raptor Forensics Fund to help support forensic testing in police investigations concerned with […]
This, you might remember, was the advertisement we placed in Private Eye recently. We were surprised to be told by […]
Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition has passed the milestone of 100,000 signatures and is now standing at over 101,000 […]
This, you might remember, was the advertisement we placed in Private Eye recently. We were surprised to be told by […]
Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition has passed the milestone of 85,000 signatures and is now standing at over 88,000 […]
Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition has reached the important milestone of 75,000 signatures. 25,000 more signatures, by 22 May, […]
Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has appointed Bob Elliot as its first Chief Executive. Bob has worked in the nature […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition is flying with very nearly 62,000 signatures. Thank you to all who have signed […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition is flying with over 55,000 signatures. Thank you to all who have signed – […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not good for an […]
Introduction The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not good for […]
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not good for an […]
Wild Justice is campaigning for driven grouse shooting to be banned. Our petition to get driven grouse shooting banned is […]
Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition is flying with over 47,000 signatures. Thank you to all who have signed – […]
We are often asked why the RSPB does not support our petition (and previous ones) to ban driven grouse shooting. […]
Wild Justice is campaigning to ban driven grouse shooting. Our petition for a ban is fast-approaching 50,000 signatures and has […]
At the end of 2024 Wild Justice wrote to Steve Reed MP, the Secretary of State (SoS) for the Environment, […]
It’s been another busy year for Wild Justice; here’s a very quick run through some of our highlights of 2024. […]
…and wild! Wishing you a Merry Christmas from the small team of us here at Wild Justice!
Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition is flying with over 32,000 signatures. Thank you to all who have signed – […]
It looks as though we are moving, oh so slowly, towards the removal of lead ammunition from most of UK […]
Our recent report Collateral Damage showed that the Rodenticide Stewardship Regime (or scheme) is failing. It was supposed to lead […]
We published the Lost Nature report last week, which was written by researchers at the University of Sheffield and showed […]
Below you will find two versions of the Lost Nature report; a summary version (20 pages) and a full report […]
Wildlife crime is an issue close to the heart of Wild Justice – indeed, the frustration we felt after the […]
Our Ban Driven Grouse Shooting petition is flying with over 24,000 signatures. Thank you to all who have signed – […]
Dear Charity Commission, we are writing to you from Wild Justice, a nearly-six-year old not-for-profit company whose objects are: We […]
On Wednesday, the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park approved a planning proposal for a visitor centre, an adventure sports hub, for […]
One of the first acts of the new Labour government has been to signal that it wants more houses built […]
Environmental campaign group Wild Justice has lodged a complaint to the Competition and Marketing Authority about false claims made by […]
Lead is a poison and has been removed from many formerly common uses such as for water pipes and fishing […]
Wild Justice and Badger Trust are mounting a legal challenge against the decision of Natural England (NE) to issue licences […]
This was the scene on a Surrey heathland managed by Natural England – a heath with a panoply of designations […]
This blog provides background to our legal challenge of the Dartmoor Commoners’ Council – see previous blogs here (22 July) […]
Wild Justice is taking High Court action in a bid to make the guardians of Dartmoor common land ensure the […]
Today we’ve announced we’re taking the next steps in our legal challenge of badger culls, alongside the Badger Trust. See […]
Today we share the news that we’re beginning a challenge concerning the over-grazing of Dartmoor’s commons. You can read the […]
Wild Justice has received information about an event on a Surrey lowland heath (which is a Site of Special Scientific […]
Wild Justice and our friends at the Badger Trust have joined forces to send a formal legal letter to Natural […]
I am an author and environmental activist from Northern Ireland who believes that the environment must be protected both to […]
I am an author and environmental activist from Northern Ireland who believes that the environment must be protected both to […]
I’m the former MP for Brighton Pavilion and the UK’s first Green MP. I’ve been Chair of the Climate Change […]
Ben Goldsmith is an environmentalist and financier who manages the investment firm Menhaden which focuses on energy and resource efficiency […]
Chris Packham is many things, including a co-founder and co-director of Wild Justice. Here he writes in a personal capacity. […]
I am a wildlife ecologist who has worked on reintroduction projects for species such as the water vole, Eurasian beaver […]
I am a transdisciplinary ecologist, multimedia journalist, marine biologist, poet, researcher and writer. I have worked / published across multiple […]
SNP manifesto – by Lucy Lapwing I am an environmental campaigner, writer, amateur-ish naturalist and enthusiastic toad-tickler. I worked in […]
I am a forest ranger and ecologist based on the west coast of Scotland. My role integrates engaging all levels […]
Gill Lewis is a children’s author, vet and environmental campaigner. She writes books about animals and our human relationship with […]
I write this manifesto review from both a personal and professional perspective, being an ecologist by profession, a conservationist by […]
Carol Day is a part-time solicitor with public interest law firm Leigh Day. For one day a week, she works […]
My interest in the natural world led me to study Zoology and Psychology as a first degree, followed by International […]
I am a 19 year old conservationist and naturalist. I studied Countryside Management at Nottingham Trent University. This will be […]
I am an academic (Reader in Biodiversity) at Manchester Metropolitan University. In national elections I have voted for Labour since […]
. I’m an environmental campaigner and author of The Lost Rainforests of Britain and Who Owns England?, and the forthcoming […]
Alick Simmons is a retired veterinarian. He served as the UK Government’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer (2007-2015) and the UK […]
I am an ultra-marathon runner and a comedy writer. I first voted in 2011. That was in Harrogate, when my […]
. I worked as an ornithologist at Natural England for 25 years, and was closely involved in the reintroduction of […]
. I am one of the co-founders and co-directors of Wild Justice but I write this in a personal capacity. […]
On Saturday 22nd June, tens of thousands of you took to the streets for nature and for the climate. Here […]
I am an entomologist who held desk jobs in the government conservation agencies in Peterborough and Bangor for 20 years. […]
Scottish Green Party Manifesto – by Lucy Lapwing I am an environmental campaigner, writer, amateur-ish naturalist and enthusiastic toad-tickler. I […]
I am one of the co-founders and co-directors of Wild Justice but I write this in a personal capacity. I […]
I am a wildlife ecologist who has worked on reintroduction projects for species such as the water vole, Eurasian beaver […]
My interest in the natural world led me to study Zoology and Psychology as a first degree, followed by International […]
I’m a Devon-based author (Forget Me Not, Bloomsbury 2022) and science communicator. I have worked in the NGO conservation sector […]
I first voted in 2001. That was in Harrogate, when my vote went to Phil Willis of the Liberal Democrats. […]
I am an author, naturalist, university lecturer and former wildlife TV producer, originally from London but now living in Somerset. […]
I’m a Devon-based author (Forget Me Not, Bloomsbury 2022) and science communicator. I have worked in the NGO conservation sector […]
I am a planning and environmental campaigner, co-founder of the Community Planning Alliance, founder of Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons action […]
After climate change, it feels as though water quality and sewage pollution is a top priority issue for many voters […]
I am a young environmental writer and socialist, and a zoology graduate from the University of Reading. Having only been […]
I have been a public law solicitor for twelve years (although currently non-practising). I started my career in human rights […]
I was a rapid response paramedic working in London for over 37 years until my retirement from the NHS in […]
I am a freelance ecologist and Chartered Environmentalist. I first voted in the 1997 general election, and have not once […]
Henry Edmunds is an organic farmer who farms the Cholderton estate on the edge of Salisbury Plain. How will I […]
I am a planning and environmental campaigner, co-founder of the Community Planning Alliance, founder of Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons action […]
I’m a conservationist, blogger, researcher and campaigner. I write the Raptor Persecution UK blog and a monthly wildlife crime column […]
I am an author, naturalist, university lecturer and former wildlife TV producer, originally from London but now living in Somerset. […]
I am a young naturalist, an ecology and wildlife conservation student at Bournemouth University, a nature writer, and wildlife content […]
The Conservative and Unionist Party Manifesto – by Henry Morris I am an ultra-marathon runner and a comedy writer. I […]
Introduction In the run-up to the general election we are publishing guest blogs which review the political parties’ election manifestos. […]
I am a planning and environmental campaigner, co-founder of the Community Planning Alliance, founder of Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons action […]
I am an 18 year old conservationist and naturalist. I studied countryside management at Nottingham Trent University. This will be […]
I am a planning and environmental campaigner, co-founder of the Community Planning Alliance, founder of Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons action […]
I am a wildlife ecologist who has worked on reintroduction projects for species such as the water vole, Eurasian beaver […]
I am one of the co-founders and co-directors of Wild Justice but I write this in a personal capacity. I […]
I am a planning and environmental campaigner, co-founder of the Community Planning Alliance, founder of Essex Suffolk Norfolk Pylons action […]
Wild Justice is one of a large group of environmental organisations taking a legal challenge against the Westminster government’s failure […]
Our new report – guidance for charities and organisations in the environmental sector on what can be said during the […]
If you’re joining us at the Restore Nature Now march on 22nd June, here are two PDF documents of a […]
Six years ago, before Wild Justice came into existence, two of us, Ruth with the Scottish Raptor Study Group and […]
The results of a British Trust for Ornithology/Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust national survey of Woodcock numbers have just been […]
BACKGROUND Lead is a poison and has been removed from many formerly common uses such as for water pipes and […]
Last week we won a legal challenge, after Defra finally conceded that the issuing of some of their 2023 gamebird […]
With our friends and colleagues at the Badger Trust we wrote to Defra about their consultation on 22 March – […]
On Friday morning we asked you to spend about 20 minutes reviewing the current Defra Badger cull consultation. We are […]
Last week, after months of spinning things out, Defra finally conceded that the issuing of licences for gamebird releases in […]
Statement by Badger Trust and Wild Justice We jointly instructed Leigh Day solicitors to send an urgent request to Defra […]
In February last year we shared news of a study showing that voluntary phasing out of lead ammunition by the […]
Back in the summer we asked you to respond to the Defra hedgerow consultation. We said that it was dull […]
Wild Justice has partnered with the League Against Cruel Sports (Scotland) to fund the development of a new laboratory test […]
Wild Justice has donated a further £5,000 to the PAW Forensic Working Group (a sub-group of the Partnership for Action […]
In spring 2020, Wild Justice decided to supply schools and libraries with some books, choosing titles relevant to wildlife and […]
UPDATE (16:30 16 February): we received a response from Defra yesterday and having spoken to our legal team today we […]
Here’s a very quick run through some highlights of 2023. It’s been a good year for our legal challenges. The […]
Merry Christmas, from the small team of us here at Wild Justice! May your break bring you rest and peace, […]
Wildlife & Countryside LINK’s Wildlife Crime Group (of which Wild Justice is a member) has published its latest report on […]
Today we are asking you, please, to respond to a consultation by the Health and Safety Executive on the use […]
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has announced it has provided advice to the Welsh Government to regulate the release of significant […]
Press release from Leigh Day (6 November 2023) Chris Packham settles defamation claim with Fieldsports Channel after it admits death […]
Press release from Leigh Day (25 October 2023) Northern Ireland badger cull by shooting ruled unlawful in High Court A […]
Good morning! On Monday we told you what we have heard about the process of assessing licences for gamebird releases […]
Good morning! Yesterday we told you what we have heard about the process of assessing licences for gamebird releases by […]
Let us tell you a story – some of it is known, some of it is surmise based on anonymous […]
Earlier this year, Natural Resources Wales (NRW) opened a public consultation about its proposed measures to regulate the release of […]
Last weekend Wild Justice took to the seas – venturing out into Poole Harbour, Dorset, with two boat loads of […]
Today we are asking you, please, to respond to the Defra hedgerow consultation. Does that sound dull and unimportant? Well, […]
We asked subscribers to the Wild Justice newsletter whether they favoured licensing of driven grouse shooting or would they support […]
Today, in the run up to the start of the Red Grouse shooting season on Saturday – The Inglorious 12th […]
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is consulting on future regulations to control gamebird releases. Their plans are to adopt a very […]
Today Wild Justice sent a Pre-Action Protocol letter to Dr Therese Coffey, the Secretary of State at Defra, and named […]
Statement from Chris’s lawyers at Leigh Day, 25th May 2023: The High Court has today ruled in favour of environmental […]
Wild Justice is pleased to support, and share the word about, a campaign to stop the damaging practice of scallop […]
So far in 2023, we’ve been having a nosey at some Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), and their condition […]
Would you feed your dog something that wasn’t safe for yourself? Lead is a heavy issue. Wild Justice has campaigned […]
Wild Justice has led the way in testing game meat (Pheasant, partridge (unknown species) and Woodpigeon) that has been on […]
This winter we bought game meat from supermarkets in the UK and sent the samples to be tested for lead […]
Lead-contaminated Pheasant breasts are on sale at Lidl supermarkets across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, new research by […]
Two years ago we sent out a survey through our newsletter and summarised the responses in five blogs over the […]
Two years ago we sent out a survey through our newsletter and summarised the responses in five blogs over the […]
Introduction Last year, in February/March we asked you to consider sending a urine sample to Germany to get the glyphosate […]
We have received a response from NE to our information requests about Dendles Wood (see here). It reveals a sorry […]
Some MPs really showed themselves in an unflattering light when they spoke in the Woodcock debate. Considering that GWCT and […]
We received this rather fuzzy image of a Woodcock in a garden in London from a subscriber. What a great […]
In 2020, Wild Justice initiated a Raptor Forensics Fund to help police forces across the UK to tackle wildlife crime. […]
Last December we wrote about how nine-year-old artist and naturalist Benji Fallow had chosen to donate the proceeds from his […]
On Monday afternoon our petition calling for a change to the Woodcock shooting season was debated by MPs in Westminster […]
2022 early March – we talk about Woodcock shooting mid March – we talk to our lawyers about Woodcock shooting […]
Today a study on the use of lead shot in Pheasant shooting has been released – it has some significant […]
Our newsletter is received by over 30,000 subscribers and shared around and read by very many more. We obviously know […]
Our petition to limit the Woodcock shooting season is being debated next week – at 4:30pm on Monday 27 February. […]
This week on Twitter, in the build up to Monday’s Westminster debate on shortening the shooting season for Woodcock, we’ve […]
We’re delighted to report that our Raptor Forensics Fund, established in 2020 to help support police investigations into alleged raptor persecution […]
Thank you for a flood of responses to our newsletter and recent blog on SSSIs. We’ve had a lot more […]
Wow! We’ve already had over 500 responses to our Monday newsletter, and blog – click here – about SSSIs. And […]
We’ve been struck by the strong response to our blog from last week which told you about a wildlife site, […]
You might have heard about Dartmoor in the news quite a lot recently – see, for example, here. In January […]
Our petition to limit the Woodcock shooting season closed last Wednesday – ending on a grand total of 107,916 signatures. […]
We are delighted to have won two awards, voted by the readers of Birdwatch, in the 2022 Birders’ Choice Awards. […]
Our petition to limit the Woodcock shooting season has now closed, with over 107,000 signatures. Thank you all so much […]
On Monday (16th January 2023), Suffolk Police found five dead juvenile Goshawks dumped at the edge of the King’s Forest, […]
On Monday (16th January 2023), Suffolk Police found five dead juvenile Goshawks dumped at the edge of the King’s Forest, […]
We’re disappointed to have to tell you that we lost our appeal for permission for judicial review of Ofwat’s regulation […]
Yesterday we were back in the High Court for our appeal for permission for judicial review of Ofwat’s failure to […]
With the publication of new general licences for Northern Ireland – click here – we can draw a line under […]
Our petition to limit the Woodcock shooting season passed 100,000 signatures on Friday. Thank you for such great support! And […]
Defra really doesn’t like to rock the boat by reforming anything to do with recreational shooting in England. We suspect […]
The National Game Dealers Association claims that its members decided last year not to sell game meat which was shot […]
9-year-old Benjamin Fallow is a young artist and naturalist. He draws and paints from nature, and loves to draw out […]
This summer has seen unprecedented levels of highly pathogenic avian flu in wild birds in the UK (and elsewhere). In […]
Wildlife & Countryside LINK, a coalition of 67 wildlife organisations, including Wild Justice, has today published its 6th annual report […]
Our latest petition, calling on the Government to limit the shooting season of Woodcock, has been zipping along as it […]
Our petition to limit the Woodcock shooting season is going great guns – if you’ll pardon the expression. Yesterday it […]
Our legal challenge against the badger cull in Northern Ireland was heard at Belfast’s High Court on Monday 21st November […]
Our petition to limit the Woodcock shooting season is moving on again (after a little snooze). Yesterday it passed 60,000 […]
PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO RAIL STRIKES. IT’LL NOW TAKE PLACE IN SPRING 2023. On Sunday […]
As we enter November, our Woodcock petition has passed 57,000 signatures and we’re only a little over half way through […]
Yesterday afternoon, and out of the blue, we received very good news on the future of general licences in Northern […]
The story so far: 21 March, Wild Justice writes to Defra asking for a change to the shooting season for […]
Our Woodcock petition has passed 50,000 signatures (and 51,000) so we’re over half of the way to gaining a Westminster […]
Our Woodcock petition has passed 45,000 signatures five days after the shooting season opened in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. […]
Our Woodcock petition has passed 36,000 signatures two days after the shooting season opened in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. […]
Our Woodcock petition has passed 30,000 signatures on the day before the shooting season opens in England, Wales and Northern […]
At Tuesday’s in-person hearing in front of Mr Justice Bourne to decide whether Wild Justice will be given permission to […]
On his last day in the job George Eustice wrote to Wild Justice in what amounts to a massive U-turn […]
We’re in court today. Our legal team will be making the case that Ofwat has failed to meet their responsibilities to […]
Our legal challenge against the badger cull in Northern Ireland took a step forward last Friday when we were granted […]
Press release from Leigh Day (8 September 2022) Environmental group Wild Justice has protested delays by the Department of Agriculture, […]
This morning we received an update from the Petitions Committee, in relation to our petition to limit the shooting season […]
Campaigners have a hearing on Friday 9 September at the High Court in Belfast to challenge a cull of badgers […]
Press release from Leigh Day: Wildlife groups’ court hearing challenge to Northern Ireland badger cull by shooting Campaigners have a […]
We wrote to the National Game Dealers Association over 10 days ago but have not yet had a response to […]
Our Woodcock petition is approaching 24,000 signatures and we have a range of things lined up that we are sure […]
The leading constituencies supporting our Woodcock petition, so far, are as follows. As expected, they are mostly Conservative rural constituencies […]
The leading constituencies supporting our Woodcock petition, so far, are as follows. As expected, they are mostly Conservative rural constituencies […]
Our petition seeking an important change to the Woodcock shooting season has received a response from DEFRA – it’s a […]
A big thank you! To the hundreds of you who turned out in the rain, stood in the rain, listened […]
There’s a remarkable amount of ignorance about Woodcock shooting – even among shooters. We’ve been told several times since we […]
On Tuesday morning we launched our newest petition, to the Westminster government, asking for a shortening of the Woodcock shooting […]
We’d like to invite you to take c20 minutes to respond to a consultation on general licences in Northern Ireland. […]
Hen Harrier Fest will take place at Adlington Hall & Gardens in Cheshire on Sunday 24th July, and we’d love […]
In April this year, The Field magazine published an inaccurate and unpleasant article about Wild Justice, authored by Tim Bonner, […]
Thank you! Yesterday, between 0530 and 2030, 1519 people donated over £40,000 to ensure that we can pay our brilliant […]
You don’t need to be an expert to know that dumping raw sewage into rivers, lakes and the sea is […]
We’re delighted to learn that our Raptor Forensics Fund, established in 2020 to help support police investigations into alleged raptor persecution […]
In recent months, at least two young white-tailed eagles from the Isle of Wight Reintroduction Project have been found poisoned […]
We’re delighted to be able to tell you that Hen Harrier Fest will be held at Adlington Hall & Gardens […]
As many of you already know, we are privileged to be able to work with some brilliant environmental lawyers at […]
You’ve probably seen water pollution mentioned a lot in the news recently. Cases of sewage discharge and run-off from farming […]
The story so far: Lead is a poison and has been removed from many formerly common uses such as for […]
We asked you, in late January whether you would take part in a study of glyphosate levels in human urine […]
Wild Justice is a member of Wildlife & Countryside LINK, which is the largest environment and wildlife coalition in England, […]
Dear Teresa I trust you are well, but I wonder whether you may have been on holiday recently as I’ve […]
GWCT can’t play an honest and straight game these days. Here is their statement in response to Wild Justice’s letter […]
Over the last month, we’ve been getting ready for a potential challenge of a proposed Badger cull in Northern Ireland. […]
The Woodcock is a wading bird, a bit like a large Snipe, which generally roosts in the day, often in […]
Westminster Parliamentary petitions: Wild Justice supports the use of parliamentary petitions across the UK parliaments. They are a valuable way […]
Yesterday afternoon, parliament debated our petition from last year, signed by over 106,000 of you. MPs gathered to discuss the […]
It seems we’ve encountered yet another delay with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs’ (DAERA) promised consultation on […]
UPDATE: THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE APPROVED BY THE NRW BOARD ON THURSDAY 24 MARCH At their Board meeting next week, Natural […]
Today an important paper on Badger culling has been published in the journal Veterinary Record. The paper reports on new […]
Today the Wildlife and Countryside Link have hosted a blog from Wild Justice on their website. You can read what […]
Our Crowdfunder for a legal challenge of a proposed Badger cull in Northern Ireland has just passed £25,000 in donations. […]
Wild Justice co-director Chris Packham is suing three defendants for libel after a series of articles, videos and tweets, published […]
You might remember our recent head-scratcher involving gamebirds; when is a Pheasant livestock, and when is it wildlife? Today news […]
Back in December, Wild Justice were successful in a legal challenge to Northern Ireland’s general licences for the killing of wild birds. […]
Last year, over 106,000 of you signed our petition asking for a ban on shooting Badgers in England. Yesterday, we […]
Breaking news: you may remember our petition calling for a ban on shooting Badgers in England. You might have been […]
Recently Chris Loder MP ruffled feathers after declaring that his constituency county of Dorset ‘is not the place for eagles […]
Two years ago a group of shooting organisations, including BASC and the Countryside alliance, announced a five-year, voluntary transition away […]
This morning Wild Justice launched a new fundraising appeal. Once again we are looking to challenge a proposed cull of […]
Chris Loder MP’s views (see preceding blog post) don’t seem to be getting much support on social media – our […]
Last week, following the news that two White-tailed Eagles from the Isle of Wight reintroduction project had been found dead, […]
Back in December, Wild Justice were successful in a legal challenge to Northern Ireland’s general licences for the killing of […]
Three years ago Wild Justice had its public launch. We’re still very much new kids on the conservation block and […]
We’ve learned, since our public launch on 13 February 2019, that public bodies almost always try to delay any legal […]
We recently blogged about our initial steps to challenge Defra on the lawfulness of General Licence GL42. Whilst we wait […]
Our infographic above captures the absurdity of DEFRA’s position on whether birds such as Pheasants and Red-legged Partridges are or […]
Gamekeeper John Orrey, 63, of Hall Farm, Kneeton, Nottinghamshire was sentenced today at Nottingham Magistrates Court (see here) after being […]
Wild Justice is one of a very large number of NGO signatories to this open letter to the statutory conservation […]
Yesterday the Judicial Review and Courts Bill was debated in Committee. The Opposition were trying to get rid of Clause […]
This new ‘guidance’ from Natural England looks very worrying to us. The whole drift of this guidance is to allow […]
Wild Justice is interested in the use of the powerful pesticide glyphosate in the environment – as are many others. […]
Earlier this week, we had a disappointment when the Court of Appeal did not give us permission to appeal the […]
Huge congratulations to David Wolfe QC, who has featured in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 list published today. David is a […]
The Bunker is an independent political podcast examining the big issues of the UK. In this week’s episode, Wild Justice […]
We’re delighted to learn that our Raptor Forensics Fund, established in 2020 to help support police investigations into alleged raptor persecution […]
There have been a few local media reports about Wild Justice taking legal action on the shocking state of environmental […]
Yesterday the Westminster government announced its intentions to crack down on cruel and illegal hare coursing. Wild Justice welcomes these […]
Yesterday this piece appeared in the Guardian online – we guess it will be in today’s print edition. The story […]
We get hundreds of emails a week and all of them are read. We can’t possibly reply to them all […]
Here’s a quick run through our work in 2021 – for more details see individual blog posts: January: our challenge […]
Since we asked you to contact your local authority about their use of glyphosate, Wild Justice supporters have contacted over […]
Huge congratulations to Wild Justice co-director Chris Packham who has been voted Outdoor Personality of the Year in The Great […]
Hampshire Constabulary have released a CCTV image of a man they believe may hold key information about an arson attack […]
Wild Justice’s first legal challenge was of general licences in England. General licences are used by statutory agencies to authorise […]
Today’s Times carries an account of the results of Wild Justice’s tests of lead levels in supermarket game meat. Last week, we […]
We’re delighted to learn that our Raptor Forensics Fund, established last year to help support police investigations into alleged raptor […]
The news that Wild Justice has toppled three Northern Ireland general licences is good for wildlife, good for those who […]
Wild Justice, represented by Leigh Day acting through their agent Phoenix Law, has secured a landmark victory in a legal […]
British supermarket shelves are still stocked with potentially toxic game meat in the run up to Christmas, recent research by […]
Today Wild Justice lawyers were arguing for a renewal of our claim for judicial review of DEFRA’s feeble burning regulations. […]
Wild Justice is a member of Wildlife & Countryside LINK and today the consortium has published its latest annual report […]
Remember COP26 – it was only 10 days ago. Nations were castigated for not doing enough to combat climate change. […]
Wild Justice has been scouring the game meat shelves of supermarkets for shot birds to get analysed for lead content. […]
An article in this week’s The ENDS Report highlights the ecological illiteracy of the British Association for Shooting & Conservation […]
Last autumn, just over a year ago, Wild Justice won a very significant victory by challenging the lawfulness of the […]
Since we asked you to contact your local authority about their use of glyphosate, Wild Justice supporters have contacted over […]
Our guidance on responding to the NRW consultation on general licences. We welcome the NRW consultation on general licences. […]
A massive thank you to everyone who has helped us reach our crowdfunder target this evening! What wonderful supporters you […]
As the #COP26 meeting starts in Glasgow, Wild Justice supporters have sent messages to all elected UK parliamentarians, at Westminster, […]
From this… … to this …. Thank you to all the generous people who have already donated to this legal […]
Our pre-action protocol letter to DAERA:
Today we launch a legal challenge to Northern Ireland’s general licences and we’re asking for your financial support, please. We […]
Three years ago today, Wild Justice was incorporated as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. We think of 13 February […]
We told you last week that we had been refused permission for judicial review of the DEFRA regulations on burning […]
This letter was sent on behalf of Wild Justice in response to the DEFRA consultation on Beaver reintroduction. In para […]
We were delighted to hear yesterday that the excellent Scottish-based group, Trees for Life, have won their legal challenge against […]
You may remember that Natural England has been thinking about reintroducing Hen Harriers into southern England for years – huge […]
You have sent 37,000 emails to UK parliamentarians through our e-action, Uplands for people, for the climate and for wildlife. […]
We heard yesterday, Friday, afternoon that we have been refused permission for judicial review of the much criticised and frankly […]
We were delighted to see our letter published in various regional newspapers in the north of England at the beginning […]
Our e-action, Uplands for people, for the climate and for wildlife has passed the 25,000 emails milestone. Almost every elected […]
Today is the first day of the Pheasant-shooting season. Pheasants are not native to the UK, they were brought here […]
This is a template that you can use (simply copy and paste the text below, and fill in a few […]
The three Northern Ireland general licences, TPG1, TPG2 and TPG3 which purport to authorise the killing of specific listed bird […]
Our e-action, Uplands for people, for the climate and for wildlife was launched over a month ago. Almost every MP […]
Thank you for email. I appreciate you taking the time to share your further thoughts. I recognise that grouse shooting […]
Thank you for your email in relation to Scotland’s uplands. My party and I believe that our natural environment is […]
Thank you for contacting me about the protection of uplands. I support investment in the restoration of a variety of […]
Thank you for your e-mail and for raising your concerns with me. I totally agree that we face a climate […]
Thank you for contacting **** **** regarding your concerns about the Welsh uplands. I strongly believe in the importance of […]
Thank you for your email – I share your concerns regarding preservation and biodiversification of uplands in Scotland. In regard to […]
Yesterday, Natural Resources Wales launched a consultation on their general licences. The consultation is lengthy but that is because it […]
Last summer we wrote to 43 local authorities in England and Wales about their use of glyphosate-based herbicides. Although herbicide […]
Wild Justice has contacted a range of local authorities to quiz them about their use of, and policies on, the […]
Thank you for your email about our upland areas. I would like to assure you that I am committed to […]
Thank you for your email highlighting your concerns over the climate and nature emergency we face and the importance of […]
Many thanks for writing to me on the protection of Scotland’s uplands for people, climate, and wildlife. The Scottish Greens […]
The Welsh Government is committed to accelerating work on the National Forest for Wales in this Senedd term. This includes […]
Thank you for getting in touch to raise awareness for such an important issue. Wales is often defined by its […]
Our e-action, Uplands for people, for the climate and for wildlife was launched a week ago and already almost every […]
Our beautiful birds of prey deserve all the help they can get Having just watched Hen Harrier Day, we were […]
Our e-action, Uplands for people, for the climate and for wildlife was launched on Saturday. The headline number According to […]
We’re asking you, please, to send this message to all politicians elected in each of the four UK parliaments. Just […]
To help you through the 2.5 hours… 6mins: the countdown of 10 issues begins – Lucy Lapwing talks to Josh […]
‘New reports’ come along every year at this time from the grouse shooting industry. In 2016 Ian Botham was using […]
You may have seen that there is controversy over what might appear to be a dull technical document issued recently […]
Wild Justice issued papers last week challenging DEFRA’s feeble new Burning Regulations. Predictably, BASC, a pro-shooting organisation which is always […]
Wild Justice issues legal challenge to new rules on burning of peatlands A legal challenge to new rules governing […]
See four previous blogs to catch up on this story: 28 May, Alleged breach of general licences; 2 July, The […]
Wild Justice is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and so we file our accounts with Companies House and pay […]
We get some lovely letters and notes and cards and emails. This note was one of many which arrived this […]
The current Northern Ireland general licences are shockingly bad – as we wrote and told the Northern Ireland authorities back […]
Gill Lewis is a children’s author who has written many books about issues in nature conservation. Her books Sky Dancer […]
In the Shooting Times of 10 February there was an article entitled Shooting for a Perfect Ten which purported to […]
Dear Shooting Times, We write to you to draw to your attention the inaccuracy of an article published in your […]
Some time ago we told our newsletter subscribers, and wrote a blog (see here), about an article in the Shooting […]
The Wild Justice petition, signed by many readers of this blog and many, many others across the UK, including in […]
Early this morning the joint NGO #stateofnature petition passed 200,000 signatures. Wild Justice supporters played a large part in helping […]
We heard on Friday that we had lost our challenge of the legality of free shooting of Badgers. It is […]
Yesterday Wild Justice sent the following letter to Natural England questioning the quality of their assessment of the feasibility of […]
After many false starts and long delays due to Covid19, the Westminster Hall debate on banning driven grouse shooting, triggered […]
Note: this blog was originally posted on 28 May, and was temporarily removed after a few days. It is now […]
In yesterday’s Wild Justice newsletter we asked our over 40,000 subscribers (you can subscribe for free here https://wildjustice.org.uk/contact/ ) six […]
Introduction: Yesterday we described the results of tests for lead levels which we commissioned on Game Mix and Pheasant breasts […]
Introduction: Here we describe the results of analysis of samples of game meat purchased online or from Sainsbury’s stores. The […]
Later this week we will publish the results of laboratory analyses of lead levels in game meat sold in Sainsbury’s […]
Later this week we will publish the results of laboratory tests that we commissioned to determine the amount of toxic […]
As a member of the coalition Wildlife & Countryside LINK (58 organisations working together to campaign for improved environmental policy), […]
We wrote to NRW’s Chair some time ago and did not receive an acknowledgement (although they say that one was […]
Over the Easter period we’ve post five short summaries of the responses – just for interest really. This is the […]
We asked you: These are difficult figures to compare with UK averages but it is fairly clear that Wild Justice […]
Over the Easter period we’ll post five short summaries of the responses – this is the third. We asked you: […]
We sent out a survey in our newletter #57 and 8640 of you responded – which is amazing! Thank you. […]
You’ll see that our newsletter subscribers are primarily, but not exclusively, UK based and from right across the UK. Very […]
Dear DEFRA, we asked you at a so-called stakeholder meeting in early November about the conditions applying to your (then) […]
Thanks to you, this matter will be debated in Westminster Hall later this spring. You’ll be able to watch the […]
Dear Sir David We are writing to you following Wild Justice’s challenge of NRW’s general licences and following subsequent discussions […]
Thank you to hundreds of Wild Justice supporters who responded to the DEFRA consultation on gamebird releases – see here, […]
Hundreds and hundreds of you are responding to the DEFRA gamebird consultation and telling us that you have done so. […]
Many hundreds of you are responding to the DEFRA gamebird consultation and telling us that you have done so – […]
Hundreds of you are responding to the DEFRA gamebird consultation and telling us that you have done so – here […]
We have been amazed by the number of people who have already told us that they have responded to the […]
What the consultation is all about: Because of Wild Justice’s legal challenge settled in court last October DEFRA must take […]
Wild Justice is one of over 50 wildlife groups asking you to send a strong message in favour of wildlife […]
Good morning! Wild Justice is one of over 50 wildlife groups asking you to send a strong message in […]
This consultation was released today – over two weeks later than we were told. The consultation period is three weeks, […]
Last week, a package arrived for Wild Justice in the post and it contained a cheque, a letter and some […]
There’s a slogan on Sainsbury’s website stating that its vision is to become the UK’s ‘most trusted retailer’. Some might […]
Two years ago today we launched Wild Justice. Since then our action has: led the reform of general licences across […]
Back in October, Wild Justice won a historic victory regarding the regulation of shooting when DEFRA committed to bring in […]
Yesterday our petition to end the shooting of Badgers passed 100,000 signatures. Thank you for all your support. This means […]
In a blog here on Monday we asked the GWCT to fact-check the DEFRA myth that non-native gamebirds have no […]
Wild Justice mounted a legal challenge to make DEFRA review harmful gamebird impacts which concluded last October when DEFRA agreed […]
Our e-petition has passed 88,000 signatures with several thousand signatures being added yesterday. Yes, we had given this petition a […]
The National Gamekeepers’ Organisation is grumpily coming to terms with the changes to their job description that we explained back […]
We bank with Triodos Bank because we like their environmental credentials – and they are efficient and friendly. Over the […]
Earlier this morning, His Honour Justice Jarman handed down his judgment on Wild Justice’s judicial review of Natural Resources Wales’s […]
The forthcoming Westminster Hall debate on banning driven grouse shooting, triggered by our successful 2019 petition and scheduled to take […]
We are waiting patiently for the judgment on our judicial review of the Welsh general licences. There is no point […]
This petition was submitted in July 2019, published by the Westminster Parliament in August 2019, reached 100,000 signatures in September […]
Thanks to the legal challenges made by Wild Justice, and our subsequent lobbying and that of others, the general licences […]
Following reforms introduced as a result of Wild Justice’s legal challenges, the job description for gamekeepers in England has changed […]
Sign up to our newsletter – https://wildjustice.org.uk/contact/ Read our blog – https://wildjustice.org.uk/blog/ Donate to our work – https://wildjustice.org.uk/wildlife-donations/ Folow us […]
This blog is about the licensing system for killing birds in Wales which is licensed by Natural Resources Wales. There […]
Thank you for all your messages of support – these come in a wide variety of forms and we get […]
If you are signed up to our free, occasional, newsletter you will have noticed that we asked for suggestions of […]
Wild Justice Director Ruth Tingay was interviewed on Planet Pod recently, discussing wildlife crime in the UK with podcast host […]
Today DEFRA released new general licences which will apply in England from 1 January 2021 for the calendar year. This […]
Wild Justice statement on gamebird licensing Just days away from facing a barrage of legal arguments in court (on 3 […]
Earlier this year we proposed a new fund to help the police tackle wildlife crime. The idea was that this […]
Tomorrow is the RSPB AGM and one of many interesting items will be the revelation of the RSPB’s new improved […]
We’ve just come to the end of Week 2 of our Badger petition – and we have over 55,000 signatures […]
This story in the Guardian today backs up our worries about the impacts of massive, unregulated releases of gamebirds on […]
We’ve just had the first week of our Badger petition – and we have over 48,000 signatures already! Thank you […]
It’s Tony Juniper’s birthday today and the House of Commons Petitions Committee have inadvertently given him a present from Wild […]
And on page 5, in the Chief Exec’s statement, after ‘We’ve had cuts to our budgets’ comes this… Killing things […]
In a week where gamebird shooting has been in the media spotlight following its exemption from the so-called ‘rule of […]
Last week we had a setback on our Badger case when we heard that the Hon Mr Justice Johnson had […]
An amazing total in just 24 days. If you’d like to continue to take action on this issue then sign […]
Three weeks ago on Hen Harrier Day (online) we launched an e-action with Hen Harrier Action and the RSPB. Since […]
Yesterday evening we heard that we have been refused permission for judicial review of Natural England’s licensing of Badger shooting. […]
This review forms a major part of DEFRA’s response to our legal challenge over the impacts on sites of high […]
Huge thanks to Duncan from WILD Sounds for a very generous donation of £600, collected from sales of Dara McAnulty’s […]
A couple of weeks ago the three of us (Chris Packham, Mark Avery and Ruth Tingay) were interviewed by raptor […]
Exactly 10 days ago we launched a joint e-action with the RSPB and Hen Harrier Action on Hen Harrier Day. […]
Good news! This morning we heard from our legal team that the Hon Mr Justice Griffiths has granted us permission […]
Yesterday evening we sent out a newsletter asking our supporters to email Nicola Sturgeon about the scale of wildlife crime […]
Yesterday evening we sent out a newsletter asking our supporters to email Nicola Sturgeon about the scale of wildlife crime […]
Chris writes: Today I sent this letter to Nicola Sturgeon and Roseanna Cunningham. I’ve had enough of the criminal slaughter […]
Yesterday evening we sent out a newsletter asking our supporters to email Nicola Sturgeon about the scale of wildlife crime […]
Yesterday evening we sent out a newsletter asking our supporters to email Nicola Sturgeon about the scale of wildlife crime […]
Yesterday evening we sent out a newsletter asking our supporters to email Nicola Sturgeon about the scale of wildlife crime […]
Yesterday evening we sent out a newsletter asking our supporters to email Nicola Sturgeon about the scale of wildlife crime […]
Yesterday evening we sent out a newsletter asking our supporters to email Nicola Sturgeon about the scale of wildlife crime […]
There is a lot of comment about Wild Justice from others (we may even have been given a tangential mention […]
This time last week we were approached by Humane Society International – UK offering us support for our challenge of […]
Wildlife campaigners launch legal case to challenge the humaneness of the badger cull Wildlife campaign group Wild Justice has launched […]
Wild Justice has filed its first-year accounts with Companies House – click here. We also paid our Corporation Tax last […]
Wild Justice has been in fairly lengthy and detailed correspondence with Natural England and DEFRA on the matter of Badger […]
We heard this morning that Wild Justice’s application for judicial review of the impacts of vast releases of non-native gamebirds […]
The RSPB has asked for views on 7 draft principles around the issue of gamebird shooting. It is expected that […]
Wild Justice is one of very many organisations and individuals asking DEFRA to facilitate Beaver reintroductions in England. Here is […]
In April we announced a new fund to help the police tackle wildlife crime. This Raptor Forensics Fund will help […]
Thank you so very much. Our third major crowdfunder has been fully funded by over 900 generous donors. The English […]
Natural England is waking up to the shambolic state of knowledge amongst those seeking licences for lethal killing of birds […]
Following our launch last week of a new fund to help support police investigations in to the illegal persecution of […]
Our crowdfunder is approaching its target – thank you to everyone who has contributed at this very difficult time. We […]
Wild Justice has proposed a new fund to help the police tackle wildlife crime. This fund would help speed up […]
This card arrived in the post recently… And on the back was the message; Dear Wild Justice I thought I […]
This post describes a piece of scientific analysis carried out by Wild Justice and friends. Estimating the occurrence of Common […]
Natural Resources Wales authorises the uncapped, unchecked, unregulated killing of Jackdaws all over Wales through its General Licence GL004. This […]
This post is about our legal challenge of the general licences issued by the public body, Natural Resources Wales, on […]
We’re pretty accustomed to abuse from the shooting community – often from individuals but increasingly from their representative body BASC. […]
Yesterday Wild Justice’s lawyers filed our application for a judicial review of Natural Resources Wales’s (NRW’s) issuing of general licences […]
Scaremongering and hysteria is the response we’ve come to expect from many within the game-shooting world whenever Wild Justice launches […]
The Wild Justice e-petition which reached 100,000 signatures on Day 20 of its existence back in early September will be […]
Here is another paragraph from the Wild Justice witness statement supporting our legal challenge; The scale of gamebird releases is […]
The Guardian covered our legal challenge – very accurately – click here. One of us, Mark, was on talkRADIO this […]
On Monday afternoon our lawyers lodged court papers calling for a ban of releases of Pheasants and Red-legged Partridges into […]
On Thursday evening, Wild Justice held a small event in London with friends, colleagues, donors, potential donors, journalists and others. […]
As a result of Wild Justice’s legal challenge of last year and recent pokes for updates, DEFRA announced this on […]
Last year Wild Justice directors Chris Packham and Mark Avery were invited to the annual Game Fair to face a […]
We were very lucky. Considering the wind was blowing and it was raining when we arrived, it was unexpected that […]
DEFRA has rolled out the existing scientifically flawed and, we believe, unlawful general licences for several more months. This is […]
We launched Wild Justice a year ago today. We’re just getting into our stride and looking forward to Year 2. […]
Here are the most pertinent parts of a letter sent to DEFRA yesterday; and then; We trust that is clear…
Monday – receive response from DEFRA on gamebird releases – we are waiting for our lawyers to advise us on […]
Yesterday we sent this letter to Natural Resources Wales. It won’t have come as a shock to them as we […]
Wild Justice is looking forward to the day when our successful e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting will be debated […]
On Sunday 9 February Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery from Wild Justice will join lots of other birders and raptor […]
This seems an appropriate day for this card and its message and enclosure to arrive in the post. Wildlife knows […]
We received this on Thursday afternoon but didn’t actually read it until Thursday evening (which is quicker than we get […]
A week today, Friday 7 February, Wild Justice co-founders Mark Avery and Ruth Tingay are visiting the RSPB Titchwell nature […]
On Tuesday Wild Justice had a long and detailed meeting with our legal team and a group of experts on […]
Yesterday Wild Justice’s lawyers sent this letter to DEFRA. Paragraphs 16, 17 and 18 sum it all up pretty well. […]
Media speculation that DEFRA is woefully unprepared to issue new, lawful, sensible general licences is probably correct. The response of […]
Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery from Wild Justice went raptor watching yesterday afternoon at a rather chilly Wallasea Island RSPB […]
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 […]
For more information – click here.
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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