Wild Justice questions the quality of NE’s IUCN Assessment for their lowland Hen Harrier reintroduction project
Yesterday Wild Justice sent the following letter to Natural England questioning the quality of their assessment of the feasibility of a reintroduction of Hen Harriers to southern E...
Ban driven grouse shooting debate rescheduled for 21st June 2021
After many false starts and long delays due to Covid19, the Westminster Hall debate on banning driven grouse shooting, triggered by our successful 2019 petition, has been reschedul...
Alleged breach of General Licences (updated)
Note: this blog was originally posted on 28 May, and was temporarily removed after a few days. It is now republished in its original form. There are important developments in this ...
What you think about lead in game meat
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 simple questions about ...
Waitrose game meat still has lead in it – but signs of improvement
Introduction: Yesterday we described the results of tests for lead levels which we commissioned on Game Mix and Pheasant breasts sold by Sainsbury’s. There are no maximum all...
Sainsbury’s game meat has high lead levels
Introduction: Here we describe the results of analysis of samples of game meat purchased online or from Sainsbury’s stores. The context to this study is that lead is a poison and h...
Lead levels in game meat
Later this week we will publish the results of laboratory analyses of lead levels in game meat sold in Sainsbury’s supermarkets. Here we provide background to the issue, foll...
Sainsbury’s game meat – and why we tested its lead levels
Later this week we will publish the results of laboratory tests that we commissioned to determine the amount of toxic lead present in samples of game meat being sold by Sainsbury’s...
