NEWS AND COMMENT-FRANCE: In the Sologne area of central France, wealthy French landowners are being criticised for canned hunts. That is the only way you can...
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UK government dragging its heels on banning the importation of hunting trophies
NEWS AND COMMENT: Eduardo Goncalves, founder of the Campaign to Ban Trophy Hunting has criticised the UK government for dragging its heels on banning the importation...
Continue reading...2 French hunting accidents in which a motorist was shot dead but a wild boar was the target
The Times reports on another hunting accident in France in which a person has been shot dead. A motorist was critically injured when a large calibre...
Continue reading...President Macron supports the carte blanche trapping of songbirds by hunters
FRANCE-NEWS AND COMMENT: In a bid to attract the countryside vote for his forthcoming presidential election campaign, President Macron has overturned a ban on the hunting...
Continue reading...Game meat contains illegal levels of lead and is toxic
Game meat sold by Sainsbury’s and Waitrose contains high levels of lead which would be illegal in chicken, pork and beef. However, there is no legal...
Continue reading...NRA leader’s inept shooting of a Botswana bush elephant was cruel and chaotic
The leader of the National Rifle Association (NRA), Wayne LaPierre, was filmed ineptly and chaotically trying to shoot a bush elephant to death in Botswana. The...
Continue reading...Hypocritical Duke of Edinburgh liked sport hunting
Although the Duke of Edinburgh’s attitude towards sport hunting may have softened over his long life it is said that ‘the duke had no time for...
Continue reading...Eric Trump looking like a prick next to the buffalo he shot
I’m not going to add much in the way of words because the picture is self-explanatory: he’s aprick of the first order and he is the...
Continue reading...Duke of Cambridge’s conservationist credentials damaged by Sandringham Fenn trap
NEWS AND VIEWS: A Fenn trap, a legal device provided it is constructed properly, has killed a little owl on the Queen’s Sandringham estate and in...
Continue reading...Trophy hunters use disinformation campaign to undermine UK’s proposed animal trophy import ban
NEWS AND COMMENT: the infamous Safari Club International (SCI) has paid thousands of pounds to a specialist contractor, the Inclusive Conservation Group, to spread disinformation and...
Continue reading...Packham wants to make peace with Botham
Packham and Botham appear to be on opposite sides of the fence when it comes to wildlife conservation. Botham likes to shoot animals for fun white...
Continue reading...C$8000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of white moose killers
NORTHERN ONTARIO-NEWS AND VIEWS: Among the indigenous people of the region, white animals like ravens, moose and grizzly bears are considered sacred and they should not...
Continue reading...Pack of hounds chase a calf which jumps three drystone walls
The High Peak Hunt allegedly acted recklessly as it charged onto a farmer’s field near Broxtowe, Nottinghamshire with a pack of hounds. In the field was...
Continue reading...Pheasant shooting has a negative impact on conservation in Britain
The RSPB is taking a more critical stance with respect to pheasant shooting because it has a negative impact on conservation in Britain. The RSPB’s Royal...
Continue reading...Poaching in Africa is booming due to coronavirus pandemic
Poaching has increased in Africa because of the coronavirus pandemic and the consequential collapse of tourism.
Continue reading...There are criminals in the bird shooting community who shoot birds illegally
NEWS AND OPINION: The bird shooting community i.e. those people who like to shoot pheasants and grouse on the estates of toffs, includes people (gamekeepers normally)...
Continue reading...What does “dog tolling” mean?
“Dog tolling” refers to a dog dancing about in a strange fashion to fascinate ducks, to draw them nearer to allow a human duck-hunter to shoot...
Continue reading...Fishing is catching on but what about the pain it causes?
The Times newspaper tells me that fishing is catching on with the stars, the celebrities and the Z listers. It appears that the coronavirus pandemic has...
Continue reading...In a PR exercise the Countryside Alliance argues that grouse shooting is beneficial
The Countryside Alliance decided to fight back because currently there is a lot of negative discussion about shooting birds for pleasure which essentially is what grouse...
Continue reading...French hunters of Provence glue thrushes to twigs and branches
NEWS-VIEWS FRANCE: I’ve just learned about this. From my perspective it is a disgusting practice but it is apparently commonplace in Provence, France. I’m told that...
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