Alick Simmons
@parliamentarygoose.bsky.social
Amateur naturalist || Animal ethicist || Aspiring conservationist || Erstwhile veterinarian ||
Author of ‘Treated Like Animals’: https://tinyurl.com/5a3cut5p
See my photo galleries: https://pbase.com/alick_simmons
Author of ‘Treated Like Animals’: https://tinyurl.com/5a3cut5p
See my photo galleries: https://pbase.com/alick_simmons
My letter on the UK Government’s recently-published animal welfare strategy - in the @theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My letter on the UK Government’s recently-published animal welfare strategy - in the @theguardian.com
Reposted by Alick Simmons
Reposted by Alick Simmons
Modest #GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we could all do with some
www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/...
www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/...
EXCLUSIVE: Endangered flat-headed cat sighted after 29 years
The endangered flat-headed cat, also one of the world's rarest wild felines, has been rediscovered in southern Thailand for the first time in nearly three decades, Thailand's Department of National Pa...
www.bangkokpost.com
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Modest #GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we could all do with some
www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/...
www.bangkokpost.com/life/travel/...
I’ve just eaten Santa’s mince pie.
December 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I’ve just eaten Santa’s mince pie.
Nigel Farage, the world’s second greediest politician. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage criticised for £400,000 job promoting physical gold as pension investment
Exclusive: Reform leader promotes Direct Bullion – but experts say commodity is not for everyday investors
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Nigel Farage, the world’s second greediest politician. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Want to avoid paying your fair share of tax? Get some land and choke up the roads with an obscenely large tractor. Simples.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government waters down farm inheritance tax plan
The government has now said it will lift the intended threshold from £1m to £2.5m.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Want to avoid paying your fair share of tax? Get some land and choke up the roads with an obscenely large tractor. Simples.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
December 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.
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Happy Festivus, one and all!
May your Feats of Strength be brutal, your aluminium pole undecorated and your Airings of Grievances prolonged.
A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
May your Feats of Strength be brutal, your aluminium pole undecorated and your Airings of Grievances prolonged.
A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
ALT: an older man in a red cardigan says i got a lot of problems
media.tenor.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Happy Festivus, one and all!
May your Feats of Strength be brutal, your aluminium pole undecorated and your Airings of Grievances prolonged.
A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
May your Feats of Strength be brutal, your aluminium pole undecorated and your Airings of Grievances prolonged.
A Festivus for the Rest of Us!
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1/ Can you help us count Bewick's and Whooper Swans for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January 2026? 🦢
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1/ Can you help us count Bewick's and Whooper Swans for the International Swan Census on 17-18 January 2026? 🦢
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
Visit the vacant site map to request a site at app.bto.org/gsmp/pub...
#Ornithology @webs-gsmp.bsky.social
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New blog! With the help of volunteers, #MartensOnTheMove has carried out den box maintenance work in the Tweed Valley. Project Officer, Victoria Chanin, and volunteer Elaine Rainey discuss what this involved and what they found. Full blog here bit.ly/48Zl7MR #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
December 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
New blog! With the help of volunteers, #MartensOnTheMove has carried out den box maintenance work in the Tweed Valley. Project Officer, Victoria Chanin, and volunteer Elaine Rainey discuss what this involved and what they found. Full blog here bit.ly/48Zl7MR #NationalLotteryHeritageFund
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🧑🎓 Are you an undergraduate or master's level student carrying out #animalwelfare research? Would you benefit from guidance and support in the early stages of project planning? If this sounds like you, then apply to join the UFAW Mentoring Scheme!
Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/mentor
Deadline: 15 January
Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/mentor
Deadline: 15 January
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
🧑🎓 Are you an undergraduate or master's level student carrying out #animalwelfare research? Would you benefit from guidance and support in the early stages of project planning? If this sounds like you, then apply to join the UFAW Mentoring Scheme!
Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/mentor
Deadline: 15 January
Apply here: ufaw.org.uk/mentor
Deadline: 15 January
Four species of albatross, South Atlantic Ocean, August 2019. #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds
December 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Four species of albatross, South Atlantic Ocean, August 2019. #SuperSeabirdSunday #birds
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FOURTH White-tailed Eagle disappears - RSPB offers reward for information leading to a conviction for this one or any of the other three.
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
Fourth White-tailed Eagle ‘disappears’ & RSPB offers £10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction
Following the appalling news over the last couple of days about the highly suspicious, and almost certainly criminal, disappearance of three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles here, here and here…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
FOURTH White-tailed Eagle disappears - RSPB offers reward for information leading to a conviction for this one or any of the other three.
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
New blog ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/19/f...
Impressive, compelling and unarguable. Give this a watch.
This video will probably get fewer likes than my posts on taxing billionaires. That difference says it all. Factory farming only survives if we don’t look. It’s time to hold these companies accountable. Every donation is matched, so $1 becomes $2 through Dec 31, 2025. Donate: MoralAmbition.org/food
December 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Impressive, compelling and unarguable. Give this a watch.
Not leaving unweaned hares to starve after killing their parents is good news. But what about rabbits, stoats, weasels, rats, moles, crows, rooks, jackdaws, etc? No closed season for these vermin, eh?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year
Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Not leaving unweaned hares to starve after killing their parents is good news. But what about rabbits, stoats, weasels, rats, moles, crows, rooks, jackdaws, etc? No closed season for these vermin, eh?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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We are advertising three vacancies at present.
🦇 Head of Fundraising
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Volunteer Engagement Officer
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Surveys and Training Support Officer
The deadline for applying is 12 January 2026.
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
🦇 Head of Fundraising
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Volunteer Engagement Officer
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Surveys and Training Support Officer
The deadline for applying is 12 January 2026.
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
Jobs / Contracts - About Us - Bat Conservation Trust
Please note:
BCT is a Living Wage employer. BCT strives to provide an accessible recruitment process. If you require reasonable adjustments for any pa...
www.bats.org.uk
December 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We are advertising three vacancies at present.
🦇 Head of Fundraising
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Volunteer Engagement Officer
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Surveys and Training Support Officer
The deadline for applying is 12 January 2026.
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
🦇 Head of Fundraising
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Volunteer Engagement Officer
🦇 National Bat Monitoring Program Surveys and Training Support Officer
The deadline for applying is 12 January 2026.
www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
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Reposted by Alick Simmons
Authorities in Wales are investigating a rising number of raptor persecution cases after a satellite tag from a rare white-tailed eagle was removed and hidden ✍️Amelia Jones
White-tailed eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances as cases rise across UK
Authorities in Wales are investigating a rising raptor persecution issue after a satellite tag from a rare white-tailed eagle was removed and hidden.
nation.cymru
December 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Authorities in Wales are investigating a rising number of raptor persecution cases after a satellite tag from a rare white-tailed eagle was removed and hidden ✍️Amelia Jones
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Enough.
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Police investigate after white-tailed eagles go missing across UK
Conservationists appeal to public for help after rare birds disappear in suspicious circumstances
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Enough.
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Time for punitive sanctions on game shooting until and unless these people are brought to book. For pity’s sake, these are OUR birds, introduced by donations and taxes. That is, your and my taxes and your and my donations.
#birds
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rob Reiner
This Is Spinal Tap
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This Is Spinal Tap
@vellaney.bsky.social
@thecleannewdeal.org
@aepiot.bsky.social
@lilmudda.bsky.social
@alphacentauri53.bsky.social
@henny115.bsky.social
@leadcoalition.bsky.social
@bradleyperry.bsky.social
@gigialexander123.bsky.social
@bluewind55.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 4:34 AM
A deep-seated culture of entitlement exists in Great Britain’s landowning class. This enables them and their serfs to indulge in criminal behaviour that the rest of us wouldn’t dream of. That these crimes are wrought against OUR birds is indicative of the contempt in which the rest of us is held.
THREE satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland - two tags had been cut off.
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Press release from Isle of Wight WTE Project Team & additional commentary from me ⬇️⬇️
#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/12/17/t...
Three satellite-tagged White-tailed Eagles disappear in suspicious circumstances in England, Wales & Scotland – two tags had been cut off
Press release from Forestry England (17 December 2025) THREE WHITE-TAILED EAGLES DISAPPEAR IN SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES The public are being asked to help the police investigate the suspicious disap…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A deep-seated culture of entitlement exists in Great Britain’s landowning class. This enables them and their serfs to indulge in criminal behaviour that the rest of us wouldn’t dream of. That these crimes are wrought against OUR birds is indicative of the contempt in which the rest of us is held.
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December 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.