Raptor Persecution UK
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Think illegal raptor persecution is a thing of the past? Think again! Blog by @RuthTingay (Also on Bluesky)
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Still waiting, 19 months on, for Natural England's review of Hen Harrier Brood Meddling trial.
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Government to consider licensing & other restrictions for ALL gamebird shooting & releases in England.
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Loophole closed in grouse shooting licences via Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026.
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Game-shooting industry's response to the recent conviction of Perthshire gamekeeper Russell Mason.
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High Court throws out Moorland Association's legal challenge against new burning regulations in England.
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Seven sacks of dead Pheasants dumped by side of road in S Lanarkshire.
Dodgy ethics aside, no need to worry about the mandatory biosecurity measures that everyone, including gamebird shoot managers, are supposed to comply with, eh? #AvianFlu#
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147 Hen Harriers confirmed 'missing' or illegally killed in UK since 2018 - most of them on or close to grouse moors.
Data extracted from reports by Natural England, RSPB, HSE, various Police forces, National Wildlife Crime Unit.
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The RSPB reports six of its satellite-tagged Hen Harriers disappeared on or close to grouse moors in England in 2025 & another was illegally poisoned.
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RSPB asks for evidence of burning on peatlands across the UK.
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Gamekeeper Thomas Munday convicted after brutally clubbing a trapped Buzzard to death on a Pheasant shoot at Hovingham, North Yorkshire.
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‼️WARNING - the video content is highly disturbing.
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