Moz
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Stop.
Hen harriers are close to functionally extinct in England, because driven grouse shooting estates ruthlessly exterminate them because they predate the red grouse that toffs and traders will pay £35k a day to mow down with shotguns.
Carry on.
Hen harriers are close to functionally extinct in England, because driven grouse shooting estates ruthlessly exterminate them because they predate the red grouse that toffs and traders will pay £35k a day to mow down with shotguns.
Carry on.
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.
#RaptorResearch 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/21/1...
Data extracted from reports by Natural England, RSPB, HSE, various Police forces, National Wildlife Crime Unit.
#RaptorResearch 🌍
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2026/01/21/1...
147 Hen Harriers confirmed ‘missing’ or illegally killed in UK since 2018, most of them on or close to grouse moors
For anyone who still wants to pretend that the grouse shooting industry isn’t responsible for the systematic extermination of Hen Harriers on grouse moors across the UK, here’s the latest catalogue…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Stop.
Hen harriers are close to functionally extinct in England, because driven grouse shooting estates ruthlessly exterminate them because they predate the red grouse that toffs and traders will pay £35k a day to mow down with shotguns.
Carry on.
Hen harriers are close to functionally extinct in England, because driven grouse shooting estates ruthlessly exterminate them because they predate the red grouse that toffs and traders will pay £35k a day to mow down with shotguns.
Carry on.
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The Telegraph having a perfectly normal one this Boxing Day I see
I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’
I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’
December 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Telegraph having a perfectly normal one this Boxing Day I see
I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’
I’m pretty sure most people can manage a walk in the country without ripping foxes limb from limb by ‘accident’
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Boxing day hunts to be thing of the past with trail hunting set to be banned
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Boxing day hunts to be thing of the past with trail hunting set to be banned
Trail hunting sees a scent laid out for the hunt to follow rather than a real animal, and was introduced as a replacement for fox hunting, which was banned by Labour in 2004
www.mirror.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Boxing day hunts to be thing of the past with trail hunting set to be banned
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
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 10:19 AM
Shooting hares will finally be banned for most of the year, and a ban on trail hunting will be announced Monday as part of a package of animal welfare measures
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Will the govt also move to ban or license grouse & pheasant shooting…?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
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In 'Lie of the Land' @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
highlights that 2% of our wheat is for pheasant rearing, about 32,000 ha
That's 50% more than 21,200 ha in 2024 for ground-mounted solar, not all on arable land
Questions over priorities when the value of electricity is traded against food security
highlights that 2% of our wheat is for pheasant rearing, about 32,000 ha
That's 50% more than 21,200 ha in 2024 for ground-mounted solar, not all on arable land
Questions over priorities when the value of electricity is traded against food security
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
In 'Lie of the Land' @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
highlights that 2% of our wheat is for pheasant rearing, about 32,000 ha
That's 50% more than 21,200 ha in 2024 for ground-mounted solar, not all on arable land
Questions over priorities when the value of electricity is traded against food security
highlights that 2% of our wheat is for pheasant rearing, about 32,000 ha
That's 50% more than 21,200 ha in 2024 for ground-mounted solar, not all on arable land
Questions over priorities when the value of electricity is traded against food security
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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What we’ve done to the salmon: the fastest and largest animal domestication project that humanity has ever undertaken. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
What we’ve done to the salmon
The particular cruelty behind farming America’s favorite fish.
www.vox.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:11 AM
What we’ve done to the salmon: the fastest and largest animal domestication project that humanity has ever undertaken. www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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If the grouse shooting industry are to be believed, Susie probably stamped her own chicks to death before turning the gun on herself.
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Hen Harrier ‘Susie’, whose chicks were stamped to death in 2022, has been found dead on a North Pennines grouse moor with gunshot injuries
If ever there was an example demonstrating the high level of persecution faced by Hen Harriers on UK grouse moors, the lack of consequences for the offenders, and the lack of justice for the victim…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 AM
If the grouse shooting industry are to be believed, Susie probably stamped her own chicks to death before turning the gun on herself.
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
Oh well. By a happy coincidence, less hen harriers means more red grouse for the toffs to shoot.
@raptorpersuk.bsky.social
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/14/h...
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I was glad to help out in a small way with Paul's film by providing the map he features of Schwarzman's 2 estates - Conholt Park and neighbouring Hippenscombe. You can explore the interactive map here: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
Stephen Schwarzman estates - Google My Maps
Stephen Schwarzman estates
www.google.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I was glad to help out in a small way with Paul's film by providing the map he features of Schwarzman's 2 estates - Conholt Park and neighbouring Hippenscombe. You can explore the interactive map here: www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...
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Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Reform is the political arm of the fossil fuel industry in the UK. novaramedia.com/2025/05/09/r...
July 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Reform is the political arm of the fossil fuel industry in the UK. novaramedia.com/2025/05/09/r...
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Fed up of choking on smoke from nearby grouse moors, Sheffield residents have set up @reclaimourmoors.bsky.social, to push for a community buyout of the Duke of Rutland's Moscar Moor - & use new powers under forthcoming ‘Community Right to Buy’ legislation 1/
www.thestar.co.uk/news/environ...
www.thestar.co.uk/news/environ...
Duke urged to sell 'trashed' grouse moor 'to people of Sheffield'
Conservation campaigners are set to bid for a “trashed” grouse moor near Sheffield to “restore it to its former glory.”
www.thestar.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Fed up of choking on smoke from nearby grouse moors, Sheffield residents have set up @reclaimourmoors.bsky.social, to push for a community buyout of the Duke of Rutland's Moscar Moor - & use new powers under forthcoming ‘Community Right to Buy’ legislation 1/
www.thestar.co.uk/news/environ...
www.thestar.co.uk/news/environ...
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“If Darwall v Dartmoor is to be a truly landmark decision, the government must act to ensure a right to sleep under the stars applies to all national parks and wild country."
Stirring words from @campaignerkate.bsky.social - completely agree!
www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politic...
Stirring words from @campaignerkate.bsky.social - completely agree!
www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politic...
Campaigners push for wild camping laws in Peak District after Dartmoor victory
After the Supreme Court overruled private landowners to allow wild camping in the Dartmoor National Park this week, campaigners have vowed to keep fighting to establish similar legal rights in the Pea...
www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“If Darwall v Dartmoor is to be a truly landmark decision, the government must act to ensure a right to sleep under the stars applies to all national parks and wild country."
Stirring words from @campaignerkate.bsky.social - completely agree!
www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politic...
Stirring words from @campaignerkate.bsky.social - completely agree!
www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/politic...
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An example of the US corporate healthcare system Farage wants to put us at the mercy of...
April 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
An example of the US corporate healthcare system Farage wants to put us at the mercy of...
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Landowners release 50million pheasants a year into the British countryside - and a new study shows how this is boosting the number of ticks carrying Lyme disease
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
We’re Releasing Millions Of Birds. The Ticks Are Thriving
Each year, millions of pheasants are released into woods and fields in the U.K. for recreational shooting. As a result the bacteria that cause Lyme disease are increasing.
www.forbes.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Landowners release 50million pheasants a year into the British countryside - and a new study shows how this is boosting the number of ticks carrying Lyme disease
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...
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Just 850 more signatures will bring us to 100,000 and trigger a debate in parliament. Plz share widely - I’m holding my breath! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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...
petition.parliament.uk
April 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Just 850 more signatures will bring us to 100,000 and trigger a debate in parliament. Plz share widely - I’m holding my breath! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Eye-opening graph. The biggest wildfire incidents in the UK don't occur when it's hottest, in high summer: they take place in April - *when landowners set fire to their grouse moors & lose control of burns.*
Time to ban moorland burning.
Source:
www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/sites/defaul...
Time to ban moorland burning.
Source:
www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/sites/defaul...
April 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Eye-opening graph. The biggest wildfire incidents in the UK don't occur when it's hottest, in high summer: they take place in April - *when landowners set fire to their grouse moors & lose control of burns.*
Time to ban moorland burning.
Source:
www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/sites/defaul...
Time to ban moorland burning.
Source:
www.iucn-uk-peatlandprogramme.org/sites/defaul...
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Some of you might be interested in signing this. It is most of the way to the 100000 that it needs to trigger a debate in parliament. The video is quite amusing even if the message of it is grim.
THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE THIS!
LEAKED - GAMEKEEPER TRAINING VIDEO
Explaining the wholescale extermination of wildlife - aka vermin - on driven grouse moors.
You can sign the petition to ban DGS here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
LEAKED - GAMEKEEPER TRAINING VIDEO
Explaining the wholescale extermination of wildlife - aka vermin - on driven grouse moors.
You can sign the petition to ban DGS here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Some of you might be interested in signing this. It is most of the way to the 100000 that it needs to trigger a debate in parliament. The video is quite amusing even if the message of it is grim.
Reposted by Moz
THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE THIS!
LEAKED - GAMEKEEPER TRAINING VIDEO
Explaining the wholescale extermination of wildlife - aka vermin - on driven grouse moors.
You can sign the petition to ban DGS here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
LEAKED - GAMEKEEPER TRAINING VIDEO
Explaining the wholescale extermination of wildlife - aka vermin - on driven grouse moors.
You can sign the petition to ban DGS here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
April 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
THEY DO NOT WANT YOU TO SEE THIS!
LEAKED - GAMEKEEPER TRAINING VIDEO
Explaining the wholescale extermination of wildlife - aka vermin - on driven grouse moors.
You can sign the petition to ban DGS here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
LEAKED - GAMEKEEPER TRAINING VIDEO
Explaining the wholescale extermination of wildlife - aka vermin - on driven grouse moors.
You can sign the petition to ban DGS here:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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"A controlled burn which escalated"...#BeeleyMoor was burning 2 days ago...threatening ground nesting birds, amphibians and much more. Surely no need for burning and what was the reason for it?
#BanDrivenGrouseShooting
@wildjustice.bsky.social @naturescotland.bsky.social
@ruthtingay.bsky.social
#BanDrivenGrouseShooting
@wildjustice.bsky.social @naturescotland.bsky.social
@ruthtingay.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"A controlled burn which escalated"...#BeeleyMoor was burning 2 days ago...threatening ground nesting birds, amphibians and much more. Surely no need for burning and what was the reason for it?
#BanDrivenGrouseShooting
@wildjustice.bsky.social @naturescotland.bsky.social
@ruthtingay.bsky.social
#BanDrivenGrouseShooting
@wildjustice.bsky.social @naturescotland.bsky.social
@ruthtingay.bsky.social
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85,000 signatures for our ban driven grouse shooting petition – thank you 🙏
Only 15K more to go to trigger a Parliamentary debate. Please keep signing and sharing govpetition.uk/p/700036 ✍️
Only 15K more to go to trigger a Parliamentary debate. Please keep signing and sharing govpetition.uk/p/700036 ✍️
April 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
85,000 signatures for our ban driven grouse shooting petition – thank you 🙏
Only 15K more to go to trigger a Parliamentary debate. Please keep signing and sharing govpetition.uk/p/700036 ✍️
Only 15K more to go to trigger a Parliamentary debate. Please keep signing and sharing govpetition.uk/p/700036 ✍️
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🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House
Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.
www.quaker.org.uk
March 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
🚨 Outrage as 20 police officers break into Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrest six. 🚨
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This shocking violation of a place of worship is a direct result of crackdowns on protest and dissent - freedom of speech, assembly and democracy are at risk.🕊️
👉 www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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The great people at Forestry England are allowing the holiday park side of the business to clear a massive area of ancient woodland on the site to create a holiday park with two storey cabins, jacuzzis, car parking for 80 plus cars and more. The full story is here. www.savematlockforest.org
Save Matlock Forest - A campaign to save Farley Moor from development
Forest Holidays want to build lodges on a beautiful public woodland. If you are a walker, birdwatcher or nature lover join our campaign
www.savematlockforest.org
March 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The great people at Forestry England are allowing the holiday park side of the business to clear a massive area of ancient woodland on the site to create a holiday park with two storey cabins, jacuzzis, car parking for 80 plus cars and more. The full story is here. www.savematlockforest.org