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BREAKING: Head gamekeeper Racster Dingwall pleads guilty to conspiracy to kill a Hen Harrier at York Magistrates Court this morning.

When a licence is refused - and gamebirds are released anyway.

Today's news: A Wild Justice supporter helps uncover unlawful release of gamebirds at the Deben Estuary.

Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/gamebirdrele...

We have been bringing the festive cheer to our friends at Natural England and the NFU in London recently – highlighting the continued badger cull.

240,000 badgers dead and nothing to show for it. It must end.

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Thanks, Alister, & all best wishes to you.

Getting our Xmas on at the @leigh-day.bsky.social Xmas party! An uplifting evening in the company of fellow campaigners, lawyers, journalists. There are some really inspiring people out there, bringing their best game, irrespective of knock backs or successes, keeping going.

We attended the annual UK Wildlife Crime Enforcers conference this week & met some fantastic people working hard for wildlife. We also had a few interesting chats about potential new projects/partners...plans are already underway with some of them. We'll tell you more when we can!

This is so deeply disappointing. I really despair. A dark day for the UK’s precious wildlife and habitats. We need to be urgently stepping up protections, not recklessly discarding them… 🦇 🌳

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Should rivers have rights? The Environmental Law Foundation and the costs of taking action in the courts Rosalind English is joined by a panel of environmental law experts, Emma Montlake, Richard Wald KC and Carol Day to discuss the resources and help offered by the Enviromental Law Foundation to those w...

Excellent #LawPodUK episode from @1crownofficerow.bsky.social ft leading environmental lawyer Carol Day from @leigh-day.bsky.social talking about significance of our recent High Court win against Natural England who had tried to increase our adverse costs cap #Aarhus

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We’re back in the High Court in London this morning for a permission hearing to see whether our legal challenge against Planning & Infrastructure Bill can proceed. Court room is rammed - lots of interest in this decision #ParliamentaryPrivilege

Really important judgment in @badgertrust.bsky.social & @wildjustice.bsky.social's case protecting environmental groups' ability to challenge plans that would damage our environment. wildjustice.org.uk/badgers/high... "something bigger than all of us is at stake: the environment which we share"

High Court judgment reaffirms costs cap protection for environmental claims - Wild Justice The High Court has reaffirmed costs cap protections for NGOs after blocking an attempt by Natural England to hike campaigners’ […]

Natural justice really did apply for @wildjustice.bsky.social and @badgertrust.bsky.social in this High Court judgement.
Shame on Natural England seeking to undermine their democratic right to challenge Natural England's badger culling licence through the courts!

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High Court judgment reaffirms costs cap protection for environmental claims - Wild Justice The High Court has reaffirmed costs cap protections for NGOs after blocking an attempt by Natural England to hike campaigners’ […]

The Hon Mr Justice Fordham has released his written judgement about why he dismissed Natural England's attempt to increase our costs cap for our legal challenge against Badger cull licences 🦡⚖️

A v important judgement for all environmental groups!

Details 🔽

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This was such a cynical attempt by Natural England and could have had far reaching implications for many NGOs - thank goodness they have lost. Kudos to Wild Justice, the Badger Trust and their legal teams. Important win for wildlife and conservationists and groups everywhere.

High Court rejects Natural England bid to hike legal costs for campaigners challenging badger culling - Wild Justice An attempt by Natural England to hike campaigners’ legal costs to challenge badger culling licences has been blocked by the […]

Natural England tried to price us out of taking legal action against Badger culling but it backfired when the High Court threw out NE's claim ⚖️

We continue. Substantive legal challenge against NE Badger cull licences takes place in December 🦡

Press release 🔽

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Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…

Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

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Please do respond to this consultation if you can.

Done. You should too. SGARs don't just kill rodents, they kill non target species too. They are bad.

Mission completed yesterday! Thanks to @wildjustice.bsky.social for the guidance, which was invaluable.

Please respond to this consultation on rodenticides - Wild Justice The Health and Safety Executive has announced a consultation on Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs). Although this is meant to […]

Nobody wants a rat infestation - except perhaps for the chemical cos making BIG profits from rat poison while also harming wildlife. This guide from our friends at @wildjustice.bsky.social gives you a chance to tell a consultation that there are safer alternatives: wildjustice.org.uk/general/plea...

very important - job for this evening!

Please respond to this consultation on rodenticides - Wild Justice The Health and Safety Executive has announced a consultation on Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs). Although this is meant to […]

Second Generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) are causing widespread harm to wildlife, especially birds of prey. Here's your opportunity to put pressure on the HSE to stop approving them for use - there are safer alternatives!

Deadline Tues 30 Sept!

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Good news! Natural England pulls the plug on ‘reintroduction’ of Hen Harriers to southern England It’s been a long time coming, but today Natural England has announced it is finally pulling the plug on it’s project to ‘reintroduce’ Hen Harriers to southern England. It ma…

This was a massive distraction project, intended to draw attention away from the ongoing illegal killing on northern UK grouse moors.

Maybe now NE & Defra will put their (our!) money where it really needs to go - on ramped up enforcement.

#RaptorResearch

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Thank you to everyone who dropped by our stand at #WildSummitUK yesterday....we hardly had time to take a breather and have been overwhelmed with the level of support for our work. Our Phabulous Pheasant (shit)Show caused quite a buzz! Thank you 🙏

Thank you to everyone who came to our Phabulous Pheasant (shit) Show at #WildSummitUK yesterday! We've had so much lovely feedback & support, thank you!

Brilliant to meet & chat with the incredible @wildjustice.bsky.social team @wildsummituk.bsky.social @ruthtingay.bsky.social & bump into so many others there. A magnet for action for wildlife (& good news that the Pheasant Show theatrical will at some point be online!) Thank you for all you do 💚

What the? Indeed. Looking like a great show @wildjustice.bsky.social @wildsummituk.bsky.social

Bags full of info plus Schrödinger’s pheasant and the livestock vs wildlife conundrum. A bit of a lecture theatre performance at @wildsummituk.bsky.social from @wildjustice.bsky.social 👏👏 re the pheasant crisis in the UK

The Phabulous Pheasant Show @wildsummituk.bsky.social
by @wildjustice.bsky.social @ruthtingay.bsky.social @bobelliot.bsky.social @lucylapwing.bsky.social @mrhenrymorris.substack.com
Let hope the absurd and grotesque becomes the illegal
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Setting up for our Phabulous Pheasant Show at #WildSummitUK tomorrow….

Good morning, Dan. We'll have an all-day stall at the event (ground floor) - please come and find us and we can chat!

We're also running an event on the Lantern Hall Stage from 1-1.45pm, exploring the weird (& not so wonderful) world of gamebird releases. Hope you can come along.