Protect the Wild news round-up 28/07/2023
All the news stories we've written between 20/07 and 28/07
Welcome to Protect the Wild’s round-up of the news stories we’ve written in our first week on Substack.
Defra appoint grouse moor owner to 'key role'
Defra, the government department "responsible for improving and protecting the environment", has announced the appointment of a grouse moor owner to what it describes as a 'key role'.
Police slap a newly merged hunt with an 'ASBO'
On 26 July, Hertfordshire Constabulary announced it had issued a CPN to the Puckeridge and Essex Union Hunt. The stipulations of the notice include 16 measures that the hunt must abide by within the county.
Four men given suspended prison sentences for hare coursing
The men were hare coursing in Spalding on 9 November 2022, and were arrested by Lincolnshire Rural Crime officers. All four pleaded guilty to the charges against them.
BREAKING: United Utilities to end grouse shooting
United Utilities, the largest corporate landowner in England, is pulling grouse shooting on its moorland by way of not renewing its leases when they come to an end.
Oxford: 'Sad Badger' protests government cull strategy
‘Sad Badger’, an activist from the Oxford Badger Coalition, sat under the Buttercross in Witney’s Market Square on the 17th of July to protest the government’s badger cull with placards saying ‘I am sad’ and ‘Oxfordshire’s badger shame’.
With only one fox hunting pack left in Kent, the clock is ticking on hunting in the county
Hunt saboteurs in Kent are celebrating the news that there will only be one hunt left in the county for the 2023/24 fox hunting season.
Another not guilty verdict: a stark reminder that the Hunting Act is broken
John Holliday, ex-huntsman of the Belvoir Hunt, was found not guilty of illegal hunting on 11 July. His case is a stark reminder that the Hunting Act needs scrapping and replacing with a proper anti-hunting law.
Weekly report like this is a much better way of doing things than a daily bombardment... This gives us time to sit back and examine in detail the articles that interest us the most when we have the time.