Appeal hearing for our Ofwat legal challenge re: failure to regulate sewage discharges
Yesterday we were back in the High Court for our appeal for permission for judicial review of Ofwat’s failure to regulate sewage discharge. This appeal follows an earlier cou...
Northern Ireland’s new general licences
With the publication of new general licences for Northern Ireland – click here – we can draw a line under another chapter in Wild Justice’s campaign to reduce the...
Our Woodcock petition passes 100,000 signatures and there are three weeks to go
Our petition to limit the Woodcock shooting season passed 100,000 signatures on Friday. Thank you for such great support! And it is still attracting signatures, which is great. Her...
Defra doesn’t know what it’s doing (not news) on catching up and bird flu
Defra really doesn’t like to rock the boat by reforming anything to do with recreational shooting in England. We suspect that this is because the boat was built, paid for and...
NGDA members selling game meat with high lead levels
The National Game Dealers Association claims that its members decided last year not to sell game meat which was shot with lead (toxic) ammunition from July 2022. The wording admits...
Young naturalist Benji Fallow donates artwork sales to Wild Justice
9-year-old Benjamin Fallow is a young artist and naturalist. He draws and paints from nature, and loves to draw out in the countryside – he’s been carrying paper and pens in ...
We write to Defra about gamebirds and avian flu
This summer has seen unprecedented levels of highly pathogenic avian flu in wild birds in the UK (and elsewhere). In recent years, this has been a winter disease, reaching the UK e...
New report on wildlife crime reveals lack of progress by Government
Wildlife & Countryside LINK, a coalition of 67 wildlife organisations, including Wild Justice, has today published its 6th annual report on wildlife crime. The report, covering...
