If you are mounting a legal challenge…
Six years ago, before Wild Justice came into existence, two of us, Ruth with the Scottish Raptor Study Group and Mark as an individual, were embarking on legal challenges of the li...
Woodcock survey shows decline still in place
The results of a British Trust for Ornithology/Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust national survey of Woodcock numbers have just been released – click here. There were incre...
Game meat with high lead levels still being sold
BACKGROUND Lead is a poison and has been removed from many formerly common uses such as for water pipes and fishing weights, and in petrol and paints. But it is still legal to use ...
GWCT caught up in unlawful licensing by Defra
Last week we won a legal challenge, after Defra finally conceded that the issuing of some of their 2023 gamebird release licences was unlawful. We were very pleased, particularly a...
Badger consultation period – last minute extension
With our friends and colleagues at the Badger Trust we wrote to Defra about their consultation on 22 March – click here – and Defra told us that they would respond by F...
The confusing Defra Badger consultation
On Friday morning we asked you to spend about 20 minutes reviewing the current Defra Badger cull consultation. We are very grateful to 1082 of you who completed that task: 715 on F...
Defra gamebird licensing found to be unlawful. Wild Justice wins legal challenge
Last week, after months of spinning things out, Defra finally conceded that the issuing of licences for gamebird releases in the Deben Estuary and Breckland in 2023 was unlawful. T...
Badgers – we write to Defra
Statement by Badger Trust and Wild Justice We jointly instructed Leigh Day solicitors to send an urgent request to Defra on 22 March 2024 on their recently published consultation t...
