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We are winning the fight to end hunting for good
For the last ten years I have dedicated virtually every day of my life to one goal: ending the hunting of wildlife in Britain.
 • Rob Pownall
It's time to end the Badger blame game for good
This week, Protect the Wild has formally written to Angela Eagle MP, the Minister of State at Defra, calling for an end to the final badger cull and an…
 • Rob Pownall
PETITION: Give ancient goats protected status
Cull in the Scottish Borders based on some very suspect statistics
 • Protect the Wild
Why I’m going to trial for taking action against the shooting industry
The countryside should not be the playground of elites
 • Zuki Yasmin
URGENT: Stop Barclays from trapping birds in netting
Why choose cruelty over compassion? Barclays’ bird-netting plan in Norwich must be stopped
 • Charlotte Smith
A Protected Colony in Decline: Why the Guga Hunt Can No Longer Be Defended
For decades, the killing of gannet chicks, the “Guga hunt”, on Sula Sgeir has been defended as sustainable, harmless, and woven into cultural heritage.
 • Charlotte Smith
Horrific Footage Exposes the Senseless Slaughter of Gannet Chicks
Ending the Guga hunt is not radical. Continuing it is.
 • Charlotte Smith
Hunters thank NatureScot for letting them kill Gannet Chicks
Hunters "thank" Naturescot for license to kill juvenile gannets for no reason other than "tradition".
Labour's Planning Bill: pro-growth changes disastrous for wildlife
Protect the Wild says there is no justification for sacrificing nature to “get Britain building”.
 • Protect the Wild
Tell Lavender Hotels: Compassion, Not Cruelty- Cancel the Holcombe Harriers!
Lavender Hotels plans to host an event for the Holcombe Harriers, a decision they must rethink.
 • Charlotte Smith
Songbirds are slaughtered in Cyprus and Britain has blood on its hands
Every night, nets rise, wings break, and silence spreads across the British bases of Cyprus. This is our responsibility to end the songbird slaughter.
 • Charlotte Smith
Tiny hearts, trembling wings: Inside the brutal world of bird trapping and the heroes who fight it.
Operation dead air: the fight to save Europe’s songbirds, Protect the Wild joins the Committee Against Bird Slaughter and Chris Packham on the…
 • Charlotte Smith
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