We're building something special and I want you to be a part of it

You’re receiving this email because you care about wildlife. Maybe you’re vehemently anti-shooting, maybe you’ve been with us since the beginning in the fight to end fox hunting, or maybe you’re just sick of seeing British wildlife being slaughtered for ‘entertainment’. It is very likely that you’re all of the above.

And now more than ever we need to empower each other to protect British wildlife. We need to learn how to recognise, record and report wildlife crime. We need to help the courageous activists in the field tackling hunters and shooters head on. We need to put pressure on the Government to strengthen legislation. And we need to help educate and inform the public about what is really going on in the countryside.

Together we have the power to do all of this and so much more. Here on Substack we have the potential to create the change we want to see and we now have the backing of over 55,000 of you to do just that. That’s a truly incredible number of people who will receive these newsletters every week. You can expect weekly wildlife news round ups, in-depth analysis on key wildlife issues and exclusive guest blogs from activists in the field. 

And here’s how we can really make that support count! Our Substack content is free BUT if you choose to donate through a paid subscription every pound will go towards topping up our Equipment Fund, helping us put ‘eyes in the field’ to tackle wildlife crime and persecution.

We know it works! In a little over two months, we have already given out several pieces of equipment to groups from all over the UK.

Just this week you helped us purchase a drone for Cheshire Independent Monitors (the ‘Cheshire indies’) who monitor hunts and protect badger setts across the whole of Cheshire.  And now requests for equipment are coming in to us every week!

This is just the beginning though. I want to take things up a notch and I have huge ambitions with what we can achieve together as a community here on Substack.

I have a vision where in the not so distant future, we can support every single activist that comes to us for help, meaning more drones, more radios, more cameras and more eyes in the field – all focussing on those intent on killing wildlife.

So this is where I make my pitch for you to get behind what we’re building here on Substack. There are 55,000+ of you receiving these emails. If each of you was to become a paid subscriber for just £3.50 a month (that’s one less takeaway coffee each month) then in theory, we could be giving away £192,500 worth of equipment a month!

I appreciate this is a little ambitious, but it is this sort of thinking that has got us to the point we are today.  Protect the Wild is a young organisation but we have already achieved so much thanks to your incredible support.

You know, I’ve had enough of seeing foxes chased and killed by arrogant cowards on horseback. I am sick of watching on as stag hunts in the South West use ridiculous loopholes to chase deer to exhaustion.

And I am fed up of seeing millions of birds blasted out of the sky for fun. And that’s not to mention hare coursing, the badger cull, cub hunting and all of the other ways people inflict suffering on wild animals.

Thankfully there are thousands of people in the UK that do care and you are one of them. And it is up to us to make a stand because this current Government couldn’t care less.

It is on us to empower each other to stand in the way of those intent on killing wildlife. And it is on us to sign petitions, share articles, attend demos and do anything and everything we can to change the score.

Together we can empower people to protect British wildlife and take this fight into our own hands.

Onwards and upwards

Rob