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Nature conservation, animal welfare, tour leader. CEO Wild Justice.
@wildjustice.bsky.social
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Wild Justice
19 days ago
Join us at
#WildSummitUK
on Thurs 9 Sept for our Phabulous Pheasant Show, where we'll be ridiculing the absurd annual release of 50 Million non-native Pheasants & exploring the environmental impacts of this grotesque 'sport'. Our show runs 1pm - 1.45pm, Lantern Hall. + All-day stall, ground floor.
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Wild Justice
21 days ago
Good news - we won our challenge in Wales! Judge rules planning permission for outdoor adventure centre in Pembrokeshire is unlawful because of environmental concerns. Read our press release:
wildjustice.org.uk/general/judg...
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Judge rules planning permission for outdoor adventure centre in Pembrokeshire is unlawful because of environmental concerns - Wild Justice
Judge rules planning permission for outdoor adventure centre in Pembrokeshire is unlawful because of environmental concerns In a victory for […]
https://wildjustice.org.uk/general/judge-rules-planning-permission-for-outdoor-adventure-centre-in-pembrokeshire-is-unlawful-because-of-environmental-concerns/
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Wild Justice
27 days ago
Join Wild Justice at the inaugural Wild Summit for an interactive and visual dive into the past, present and future of what George Monbiot describes as the ‘bronze plague’. Bristol Beacon, 11 Sept, all day!
wildjustice.org.uk/general/join...
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Join us at the Wild Summit on 11 Sept 2025 at the Bristol Beacon - Wild Justice
We’ll be attending the inaugural Wild Summit on 11 September 2025 – an environmental extravaganza organised by Wildlife & Countryside Link which […]
https://wildjustice.org.uk/general/join-us-at-the-wild-summit-on-11-sept-2025-at-the-bristol-beacon/
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Wild Justice
4 months ago
SAVE THE DATE: Our petition to Ban Driven Grouse shooting will be debated in parliament on June 30th. We be sharing a briefing for you to send to your MPs next week - watch this space!
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Wild Justice
4 months ago
STOP PRESS! We have launched a crowdfunder to help support our legal challenge against the badger cull licences, which will be heard in the High Court later this year. Any help you can manage would be massively appreciated. Thank you! 🦡⚖️🔽
www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-c...
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Legal challenge against Badger cull licences in England
Wild Justice is a not-for-profit company which takes legal cases on behalf of wildlife. CEO: Bob Elliot. Co-Directors: Chris Packham CBE & Dr Ruth Tingay.
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-challenge-against-badger-cull-licences/
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OneKind
5 months ago
👋 Hi there Bluesky, we are OneKind! Since 1911, our mission has been to end cruelty to ALL animals. You can join us in making Scotland, & beyond, a kinder place for animals. 🦊🐷🐶🐟 Please follow us for updates on our campaigns, including
#UnboundTheGreyhound
&
#StandUpForPigs
. 👇
www.onekind.org/
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OneKind
OneKind empathises with animals and treats them with compassion. We help end animal cruelty, work to protect & conserve wildlife, farmed animals and pets.
https://www.onekind.org/
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Chris Packham
7 months ago
When birds of prey try to nest on or near driven grouse moors , they are never safe . This is the tragic story of a young white-tailed eagle pair . We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name at
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700036
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Ruth Tingay
7 months ago
Happy days! Welcome,
@bobelliot.bsky.social
, can't wait for you to start!
wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...
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Wild Justice appoints first Chief Executive - Wild Justice
Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has appointed Bob Elliot as its first Chief Executive. Bob has worked in the nature […]
https://wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild-justice-appoints-first-chief-executive/
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Nicola Chester
7 months ago
Congratulations
@bobelliot.bsky.social
&
@wildjustice.bsky.social
on this ... & heartfelt thanks for all you do: more than a guiding light, a flaming, sustained beacon we can all get behind, bringing our own torches, emboldening & giving us courage to stand up for nature when it isn't always easy!
add a skeleton here at some point
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Ruth Tingay
7 months ago
A great privilege to speak at the
@nirsg.bsky.social
conference at the w/e alongside these outstanding raptor ecologists & conservationists. There are good things happening in NI for raptors (return of breeding Osprey & WTE) but poisoning remains a threat. Pls help:
www.change.org/p/ban-the-po...
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How low will they go? A red herring —
wildjustice.org.uk/bandgspetiti...
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How low will they go? A red herring - Wild Justice
The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]
https://wildjustice.org.uk/bandgspetition/how-low-will-they-go-a-red-herring/
7 months ago
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Clydeside Wild (Dean)
7 months ago
Monday 24th Feb 4 of 6 Roe Deer seen in Glasgow Western Necropolis, early morning.
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Stanechacker
8 months ago
Amazing just how often gamekeepers seem to accidentally shoot things or commit other offences....
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Three more satellite-tagged hen harriers have gone 'missing' & two more found dead, awaiting post mortem
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/29/t...
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Three more satellite-tagged hen harriers have gone ‘missing’ & two more found dead, awaiting post mortem
Natural England has just published its latest update on the fates of the satellite-tracked hen harriers it has tagged and subsequently been tracking. This latest update (dated Dec 2024) shows that …
https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/29/three-more-satellite-tagged-hen-harriers-have-gone-missing-two-more-found-dead-awaiting-post-mortem/
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Mark Avery
about 5 years ago
Dear Nicola Sturgeon & Roseanna Cunningham from Bob Elliot of OneKind
https://markavery.info/2020/07/30/dear-first-minister-from-bob-elliot-and-one-kind/
If you are outraged by poisoning, trapping and shooting of protected wildlife on Scotland's grouse moors then please add your...
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Dear First Minister – from Bob Elliot and OneKind – Mark ...
https://markavery.info/2020/07/30/dear-first-minister-from-bob-elliot-and-one-kind/
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Chris Packham
10 months ago
It's December 1st , I'm going for a slightly different advent this year– introducing 20 days of the worst fox hunting crimes from across the country with
@huntsabs.bsky.social
. Up first , the Avon Vale Hunt . . . We need a
#RealBanNow
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@ChrisGPackham and @MeganMcCubbin now live and following the Cottesmore Hunt working with the @NhantsHuntsabs
#RealBanNow
Exposing trail hunting for what it is - a smokescreen (not even that perhaps) for illegal hunting. Hunt working copses in thick bramble - laid a trail?
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Raptor Persecution UK
10 months ago
Good work being done here by National Wildlife Crime Unit, leading a national UK police operation based on intel from an op in Norway.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/12/01/a...
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Another man arrested in coordinated police investigation into illegal trading of wild birds’ eggs
It turns out that the news last week that South Yorkshire Police had executed a search warrant and arrested a 57-year-old man in connection with the illegal trading of wild birds’ eggs (here)…
https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/12/01/another-man-arrested-in-coordinated-police-investigation-into-illegal-trading-of-wild-birds-eggs/
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Wild Justice
10 months ago
Our petition to ban driven grouse shooting is heading towards 20,000 signatures... less than 800 to go! Can you help us get there? Please sign and share!
#SayNoMoor
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Raptor Persecution UK
10 months ago
Golden eagle dies in rare collision with wind turbine in south Scotland. A tragedy, but needs to be seen in perspective. Here's what we know about wind farm avoidance tactics by golden eagles in Scotland, based on sat tag data.
#raptorresearch
#ukbirding
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Golden eagle dies in rare collision with wind turbine in south Scotland
The South Scotland Golden Eagle Project (SSGEP) has today announced the death of a young golden eagle after it collided with a wind turbine in Galloway in August this year. The bird was a three-yea…
https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/25/golden-eagle-dies-in-rare-collision-with-wind-turbine-in-south-scotland/
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Mark Avery
10 months ago
Good morning! This
@wildjustice.bsky.social
petition on driven grouse shooting is 2nd most-signed petition in last hour. We approach 6k signatures. I'd love to reach 10k before 3:30pm (ie first 24hrs). It'll be tough but let's send a strong message to Defra.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700036
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WildlifeKate
10 months ago
Very heavy rains here today, showing the true potential of the quarry wetland that we dug this time last week! 😱😁❤️❤️❤️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️
#GwylltHollow
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Raptor Persecution UK
10 months ago
@wildjustice.bsky.social
has just launched a new petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. How will the new Labour Govt respond? Let's find out! 10K signatures gets a response. Currently on 6K. Please sign & share!
#raptorresearch
#ukbirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/23/w...
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Wild Justice launches new petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting
Yesterday saw the launch of a new petition from Wild Justice calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. At 10,000 signatures the Government has to issue a response. At 100,000 signatures the peti…
https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/23/wild-justice-launches-new-petition-calling-for-a-ban-on-driven-grouse-shooting/
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Petition: Ban driven grouse shooting
Chris Packham, Ruth Tingay and Mark Avery (Wild Justice) believe that driven grouse shooting is bad for people, the environment and wildlife. People; we think grouse shooting is economically insignifi...
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700036
10 months ago
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Raptor Persecution UK
11 months ago
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Mark Ruskell MSP starts parliamentary process of challenging the “vast loophole” in new grouse moor licence
Further to previous blogs about NatureScot’s utterly shambolic and unenforceable changes made to the grouse moor licensing scheme in Scotland following a legal threat from the grouse shooting…
https://raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/13/mark-ruskell-msp-starts-parliamentary-process-of-challenging-the-vast-loophole-in-new-grouse-moor-licence/
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Ruth Tingay
10 months ago
Sarah Underwood from SASA explaining new national DNA profiling projects for several UK raptor spp to aid wildlife crime investigations.
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Ruth Tingay
10 months ago
Good update from DI Mark Harrison on Hen Harrier Taskforce. Good to hear this Op (& similar for other targeted raptor spp) has longevity & attempts by shooting industry to undermine it are futile. But still not naming persecution hotspots - no matter, others can & will:
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
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Chris Packham
11 months ago
I’m here on the BlueSky app ! I’ll still be posting on Twitter alongside (for now) . . . but it sure does look nicer over here without the bots ! 🦋
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Chris Packham
10 months ago
A moment of play for today's
#FoxOfTheDay
, shared by @kartoffelpilz on Instagram
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