RIP Jane Goodall This clip will never NOT make me cry

Michael Watt, 37, of Marl Hill Crescent, Preston used Harris Hawk +ferrets to hunt game at the Bolton Abbey in NYorks was handed 10-year criminal behaviour order. Also banned from keeping birds of prey or ferrets, plus restrictions on hunting and entering land www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Did you know #badgers LOVE water? One of our cubs decided to cool off in the pool. The message from our cubs is Stay Cool! 😎 Please ensure wildlife has constant access to water in hot weather #waterforwildlife @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social

How do weather and seasons affect European badger activity? By studying movement patterns, researchers identified variability with sex, age and body condition. Learn more👉 tinyurl.com/36aufmn9 Coauthored by Julius Bright Ross, David Macdonald, Chris Newman & Christina Buesching. @biology.ox.ac.uk

Sick-minded convicted paedophile (Brandon Robb, 28) has been jailed for hunting and killing animals www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... he has 31 previous convictions, and only gets 1 year in jail this time plus a lifetime ban on keeping animals

Pleased that poisonous lead ammunition is to be banned for hunting and shooting in England, Scotland and Wales - www.theguardian.com/environment/... but why does the ban on toxic lead take so long to bring in?

Share +++ More proof of NE error End the badger slaughter now! 💪🦡🦡 @wildjustice.bsky.social @ruthtingay.bsky.social @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @bobelliot.bsky.social @wildlifeguardian.co.uk @moorlandmonitors.bsky.social @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social @btrust.bsky.social @protecttgewild.bsky.social

@badgercrowd.bsky.social @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social @wildlifeguardian.co.uk @swanrescue.bsky.social @yorkswildlife.bsky.social www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... ‘Bombshell’ badger cull study review ‘disproves evidence’ used by government to justify killings | The Independent

Unauthorised beaver releases are happening across England, says the BBC , but many people are saying "What's not to like about this?" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... with 000s in the wild, beavers are now a legally protected species in England

Guest blog in the series on Walshaw Moor and the daft proposals for a massive windfarm there markavery.info/2025/06/20/g... , this is another by Kate Haslegrave #waders #climate turbines

We have just built a new video so people can hear what a badger sounds like when it is chittering ... here is the video so you can all hear what is happening... youtu.be/atjbrORlG5E?... The video explains all; but the link shows where you can get more information on all the calls badgers make.

Guest blog - Midhope track (success!) by Bob Berzins. Blog: markavery.info/2025/05/24/g... A determined individual can get the right outcome in the end - but it shouldn't be so hard to get public bodies to do their jobs. @peakdistrict.bsky.social #naturalengland @tonyjuniper.bsky.social #defra

Thanks to all those who promoted this petition and to the 100,000+ who signed it, keeping this issue in the public & political eye. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime #ClimateCrisis raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/05/24/d...

Zoo welfare standards for Britain get first update since 2012 - the new rules for zoos and aquariums include guidance on elephant enclosures and a ban on touching fish www.theguardian.com/environment/...

When "Wally" met "Rosé"🥰🦡 Rosé was able to be introduced to Wally, who had fully recovered from his difficult start and was desperate for a friend. If you haven't been enjoying our nightly badger cub antics via our wildlife webcams, follow the link, today - wildlifeaid.org.uk/wildlife/webcams/

The future of driven grouse shooting will be debated in the Westminster parliament on 30 June. Many thanks to all who made this possible. #grouse #burning #raptor #killing #floods #smoke #climate #ghg #peat #nationalparks #defra

Natural England ignored its own science and approved more badger culls—now it’s heading to court. A judge has granted a legal challenge over the 2024 licences, which defied expert advice. This could finally hold them to account.

Plans for a new zoo, to be run by bosses of the former South Lakes Safari Zoo, of which there were long-running welfare concerns, have been turned down. Proposals for the Tebay site, were rejected by the Yorkshire Dales NPA www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) spearing a fish at the Brockholes wildlife reserve near the M6 at Preston www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8yb... #birds #wildlifephotography #greyheron #heron #ardeaalba #brockholes

Short video showing the tall and slender Great White Egret (Ardea alba) going fishing at the Brockholes wildlife reserve www.youtube.com/watch?v=48VE... #birds #wildlifephotography #greatwhiteegret #egret #ardeaalba #brockholes

Sand Martins (Riperia riperia) filmed at 100 fps, showing them in slow motion at Brockholes bird reserve near Preston from the 4th May 2025 = www.youtube.com/watch?v=znCF... #birds #wildlifephotography #sandmartins #brockholes

It just gets worse and worse. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

2 feisty little badger cubs rescued from a manhole on Saturday tea-time, with Huddersfield Badger group🦡🦡 Both released back to their sett nearby, making us late to give my presentation about wildlife crime to Calderdale Badger Group. What better reason to be late!!🥰🦡🦡

Press release from National Wildlife Crime Unit. #RaptorResearch #ornithology #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/04/17/o...

Possibly the last video from our trip to Brockholes (Preston) on 30th March 2025 - this time showing the arrival of the Sand Martins, following their migration back from Africa. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwfq... Amazingly fast little birds, which should be back at Brockholes in larger numbers by now.

Caught in a springtrap , right next to the pairs two unhatched eggs – this is the true story of a hen harrier attempting to breed on the infamous Leadhills Estate in Scotland . We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name now govpetition.uk/700036

The @wildjustice.bsky.social petition to ban driven grouse shooting has passed 97,000 signatures thanks to you. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Even I am fairly confident that we'll get 100,000 signatures, triggering a Westminster parliament debate, by 22 May. 22 April would be even better!

If you are a UK citzen living abroad you can still sign petitions like this one. Plz have a look at this one. #australia #spain #france #usa #canada #portugal #greece #newzealand #cyprus #india #ireland #netherlands #germany #belgium #italy #greece #poland petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Our beautiful birds of prey are routinely and illegally slaughtered on driven grouse moors . If you are as sick of this criminal persecution as me then please sign this ⁦‪@wildjustice.bsky.social petition petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... Please RT

Petition to ban driven grouse shooting petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... trending as 3rd-most signed in past hour. Plz add your name - thank you.

The question for @privateeyenews.bsky.social ‘s Ian Hislop on #HIGNFY is ‘Why’.

Govt continues to defend sham Badger cull “review” youtu.be/Uxku49USFfc

No surprises here given the track record of those involved. It looks to me like yet another gross misrepresentation of the science. #RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/04/02/m...

Please sign & share 🙏 #EndBadgerCull and adopt other approaches to bovine TB control. Don't forget to click on the verification link they send or your signature won't count. Two people can sign from the same UK address 🇬🇧 (NOTE: UK only) petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

This is good news www.gov.uk/government/n... Only wildlife crime, lead ammunition use, drainage and killing wildlife for fun to go petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Government headline says that "Beaver releases into wild to be allowed in England for first time in centuries". But the proof will be in the ACTUAL release of real beavers into the wild SOON. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our petition has now passed 60,000 signatures, and is heading steadily for 65K. Every name added draws us closer to a parliamentary debate. Please sign and share! ➡️ petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social @markavery.bsky.social @ruthtingay.bsky.social

Beautiful sett found yesterday on a long survey walk in the cull zone. 9 active entrances, latrines and prints. #LoveBadgers #EndTheCull

Can’t help get excited when a badger turns up in the garden. It doesn’t happen often, but it explains who ate the peanuts that I knocked out of the feeder I had soaking in disinfectant overnight 😍🦡 @kentwildlife.bsky.social @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social

Tossed away like trash—that’s the harsh reality of the badger cull. Thousands of innocent badgers are needlessly slaughtered in a failed attempt to control TB. This cruelty has to end. ✍️ Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Nickolas Chenier, 56, is the first man to be sentenced under new Scotland's dog hunting law www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - he was hare coursing but took the chance to kill and butcher a deer too

Badgers are best as Banksy fan badger wins the Natural History Museum's 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First badger for a couple of months… further enlarging the hole badgers dug between us & the neighbour who refused to let us have a hedgehog hole on this fence 😁 🦡 @badgertrust.bsky.social @badgerlandcouk.bsky.social @kentwildlife.bsky.social

@markavery.bsky.social’s decision is understandable - fighting govts is exhausting - but a real loss. However, @wildjustice.bsky.social is a great organisation and offers real hope in a bleak world. The fight goes on!

#Wildlilfe A property developer near Dublin, Ireland buried alive a family of badgers in their sett. Many tons of clay and large tree trunks were piled on top of their home, leaving them no chance of escape. He appealed his conviction and walked free. 🧵1/

Before cameras, a technique called 'soft-blocking' (where you place sticks over a sett entrance) was how professional ecologists gauged if a sett was in use or not. As badgers enters or exits, they *should* knock the sticks over... However this isn't foolproof... 😂😂 #ecology #scottishnature

The Labour government overturns one Tory measure and bans emergency use of bee-killing pesticide Cruiser SB. This terrible poison - a neonicotinoid pesticide highly toxic to bees, is to be outlawed in UK in line with EU www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mark Avery - the environmental activist - steps back from Wild Justice as he is so ‘disappointed’ by Labour so far. He will stand down from his role with Wild Justice but won’t completely give up ... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Kyle Dorling, 27, from Harrogate gets indefinite animal ban over puppy's abuse (three broken legs and a broken jaw) £554 in fines, plus 20 Rehab days but no jail! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Blencathra Foxhounds and the Melbreak Foxhounds (both long-established foxhunting groups) have been issued with warning letters by the police. They could be prosecuted if they take part in fox hunting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...