The Conservative chair of the environment select committee has been urged to resign as the Guardian revealed he is also chair of a group endorsing…
View More Tory environment select committee chair told to quit over ties to lobby groupTag: Hunting
Britain’s surging deer population is causing an ecological disaster. I have a solution: wolves | George Monbiot
What’s missing from this picture? I mean the picture of rural Britain many of us hold in our heads, whether it be a thatched and…
View More Britain’s surging deer population is causing an ecological disaster. I have a solution: wolves | George MonbiotImports of ivory from hippos, orcas and walruses to be banned in UK
Ivory imports from hippopotamuses, orcas and walruses will be banned under new legislation to protect the endangered species from poaching. The Ivory Act, passed in…
View More Imports of ivory from hippos, orcas and walruses to be banned in UKBill banning import of hunting trophies into UK passed by MPs
MPs have voted to support a controversial ban on importing hunting trophies from thousands of species into the UK, preventing British hunters from bringing the…
View More Bill banning import of hunting trophies into UK passed by MPsMore than 100 hen harriers fledge in England for first time in a century
Nearly 120 rare hen harrier chicks have fledged in England this year, the highest number for more than a century, England’s conservation agency has said.…
View More More than 100 hen harriers fledge in England for first time in a century‘Ludicrous’: limits on police wildlife inquiries on Queen’s estates decried
Wildlife campaigners have said it is “ludicrous” that police have to ask the Queen’s permission before they can enter her private estates to investigate alleged…
View More ‘Ludicrous’: limits on police wildlife inquiries on Queen’s estates decriedLaw change allows wild birds to be killed to protect game birds in England
Some wild birds can now be killed in order to protect game birds bred for shooting in England, after the government updated guidelines on its…
View More Law change allows wild birds to be killed to protect game birds in England