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Bob Elliot

@bobelliot.bsky.social

Nature conservation, animal welfare, tour leader. CEO Wild Justice. @wildjustice.bsky.social

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Join us at #WildSummitUK on Thurs 9 Sept for our Phabulous Pheasant Show, where we'll be ridiculing the absurd annual release of 50 Million non-native Pheasants & exploring the environmental impacts of this grotesque 'sport'.

Our show runs 1pm - 1.45pm, Lantern Hall.

+ All-day stall, ground floor.

07.09.2025 09:42 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Judge rules planning permission for outdoor adventure centre in Pembrokeshire is unlawful because of environmental concerns - Wild Justice Judge rules planning permission for outdoor adventure centre in Pembrokeshire is unlawful because of environmental concerns In a victory for […]

Good news - we won our challenge in Wales!

Judge rules planning permission for outdoor adventure centre in Pembrokeshire is unlawful because of environmental concerns.

Read our press release: wildjustice.org.uk/general/judg...

05.09.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 95    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3
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Join us at the Wild Summit on 11 Sept 2025 at the Bristol Beacon - Wild Justice We’ll be attending the inauguralΒ Wild SummitΒ on 11 September 2025 – an environmental extravaganza organised by Wildlife & Countryside Link which […]

Join Wild Justice at the inaugural Wild Summit for an interactive and visual dive into the past, present and future of what George Monbiot describes as the β€˜bronze plague’.

Bristol Beacon, 11 Sept, all day!

wildjustice.org.uk/general/join...

30.08.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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SAVE THE DATE:

Our petition to Ban Driven Grouse shooting will be debated in parliament on June 30th.

We be sharing a briefing for you to send to your MPs next week - watch this space!

23.05.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 114    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Legal challenge against Badger cull licences in England Wild Justice is a not-for-profit company which takes legal cases on behalf of wildlife. CEO: Bob Elliot. Co-Directors: Chris Packham CBE & Dr Ruth Tingay.

STOP PRESS!

We have launched a crowdfunder to help support our legal challenge against the badger cull licences, which will be heard in the High Court later this year.

Any help you can manage would be massively appreciated.

Thank you! πŸ¦‘βš–οΈπŸ”½

www.crowdjustice.com/case/legal-c...

16.05.2025 14:25 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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OneKind OneKind empathises with animals and treats them with compassion. We help end animal cruelty, work to protect & conserve wildlife, farmed animals and pets.

πŸ‘‹ Hi there Bluesky, we are OneKind!

Since 1911, our mission has been to end cruelty to ALL animals.

You can join us in making Scotland, & beyond, a kinder place for animals. 🦊🐷🐢🐟

Please follow us for updates on our campaigns, including #UnboundTheGreyhound & #StandUpForPigs.
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www.onekind.org/

22.04.2025 18:09 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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When birds of prey try to nest on or near driven grouse moors , they are never safe .

This is the tragic story of a young white-tailed eagle pair .

We must ban driven grouse shooting , add your name at petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700036

03.03.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 681    πŸ” 216    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 1
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Wild Justice appoints first Chief Executive - Wild Justice Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has appointed Bob Elliot as its first Chief Executive. Bob has worked in the nature […]

Happy days!

Welcome, @bobelliot.bsky.social , can't wait for you to start!

wildjustice.org.uk/general/wild...

27.02.2025 08:17 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Congratulations @bobelliot.bsky.social & @wildjustice.bsky.social on this ... & heartfelt thanks for all you do: more than a guiding light, a flaming, sustained beacon we can all get behind, bringing our own torches, emboldening & giving us courage to stand up for nature when it isn't always easy!

27.02.2025 09:57 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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A great privilege to speak at the @nirsg.bsky.social conference at the w/e alongside these outstanding raptor ecologists & conservationists.

There are good things happening in NI for raptors (return of breeding Osprey & WTE) but poisoning remains a threat. Pls help: www.change.org/p/ban-the-po...

25.02.2025 11:15 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How low will they go? A red herring - Wild Justice The grouse shooting industry doesn’t like to talk about raptor (bird of prey) killing because it’s wildlife crime. It’s not […]

How low will they go? A red herring β€” wildjustice.org.uk/bandgspetiti...

26.02.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Monday 24th Feb
4 of 6 Roe Deer seen in Glasgow Western Necropolis, early morning.

24.02.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing just how often gamekeepers seem to accidentally shoot things or commit other offences....

06.02.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Three more satellite-tagged hen harriers have gone β€˜missing’ & two more found dead, awaiting post mortem Natural England has just published its latest update on the fates of the satellite-tracked hen harriers it has tagged and subsequently been tracking. This latest update (dated Dec 2024) shows that …

Three more satellite-tagged hen harriers have gone 'missing' & two more found dead, awaiting post mortem raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/01/29/t...

29.01.2025 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dear First Minister – from Bob Elliot and OneKind – Mark ...

Dear Nicola Sturgeon & Roseanna Cunningham from Bob Elliot of OneKind https://markavery.info/2020/07/30/dear-first-minister-from-bob-elliot-and-one-kind/

If you are outraged by poisoning, trapping and shooting of protected wildlife on Scotland's grouse moors then please add your...

30.07.2020 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's December 1st , I'm going for a slightly different advent this year– introducing 20 days of the worst fox hunting crimes from across the country with @huntsabs.bsky.social . Up first , the Avon Vale Hunt . . .

We need a #RealBanNow

01.12.2024 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1680    πŸ” 677    πŸ’¬ 124    πŸ“Œ 48

@ChrisGPackham and @MeganMcCubbin
now live and following the Cottesmore Hunt working with the
@NhantsHuntsabs #RealBanNow Exposing trail hunting for what it is - a smokescreen (not even that perhaps) for illegal hunting. Hunt working copses in thick bramble - laid a trail?

28.12.2024 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another man arrested in coordinated police investigation into illegal trading of wild birds’ eggs It turns out that the news last week that South Yorkshire Police had executed a search warrant and arrested a 57-year-old man in connection with the illegal trading of wild birds’ eggs (here)…

Good work being done here by National Wildlife Crime Unit, leading a national UK police operation based on intel from an op in Norway.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/12/01/a...

01.12.2024 10:27 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
A graphic with a screenshot of the parliament petition's website showing over 19,000 signatures on a petition.

A graphic with a screenshot of the parliament petition's website showing over 19,000 signatures on a petition.

Our petition to ban driven grouse shooting is heading towards 20,000 signatures... less than 800 to go!

Can you help us get there? Please sign and share! #SayNoMoor

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

30.11.2024 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 139    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9
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Golden eagle dies in rare collision with wind turbine in south Scotland The South Scotland Golden Eagle Project (SSGEP) has today announced the death of a young golden eagle after it collided with a wind turbine in Galloway in August this year. The bird was a three-yea…

Golden eagle dies in rare collision with wind turbine in south Scotland.

A tragedy, but needs to be seen in perspective.

Here's what we know about wind farm avoidance tactics by golden eagles in Scotland, based on sat tag data. #raptorresearch #ukbirding

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/25/g...

25.11.2024 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

Good morning!

This @wildjustice.bsky.social petition on driven grouse shooting is 2nd most-signed petition in last hour.

We approach 6k signatures. I'd love to reach 10k before 3:30pm (ie first 24hrs). It'll be tough but let's send a strong message to Defra.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

23.11.2024 07:58 β€” πŸ‘ 97    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10
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Very heavy rains here today, showing the true potential of the quarry wetland that we dug this time last week! 😱😁❀️❀️❀️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️🌧️ #GwylltHollow

23.11.2024 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wild Justice launches new petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting Yesterday saw the launch of a new petition from Wild Justice calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. At 10,000 signatures the Government has to issue a response. At 100,000 signatures the peti…

@wildjustice.bsky.social has just launched a new petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.

How will the new Labour Govt respond? Let's find out!

10K signatures gets a response. Currently on 6K.

Please sign & share!

#raptorresearch #ukbirding

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/23/w...

23.11.2024 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 141    πŸ” 94    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 8
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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/petitions/70...

22.11.2024 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mark Ruskell MSP starts parliamentary process of challenging the β€œvast loophole” in new grouse moor licence Further to previous blogs about NatureScot’s utterly shambolic and unenforceable changes made to the grouse moor licensing scheme in Scotland following a legal threat from the grouse shooting…

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/13/m...

14.11.2024 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sarah Underwood from SASA explaining new national DNA profiling projects for several UK raptor spp to aid wildlife crime investigations.

16.11.2024 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Good update from DI Mark Harrison on Hen Harrier Taskforce. Good to hear this Op (& similar for other targeted raptor spp) has longevity & attempts by shooting industry to undermine it are futile. But still not naming persecution hotspots - no matter, others can & will: @raptorpersuk.bsky.social

16.11.2024 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 42    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m here on the BlueSky app ! I’ll still be posting on Twitter alongside (for now) . . . but it sure does look nicer over here without the bots ! πŸ¦‹

14.11.2024 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4149    πŸ” 365    πŸ’¬ 232    πŸ“Œ 20
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A moment of play for today's #FoxOfTheDay , shared by @kartoffelpilz on Instagram

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