Wildlife populations have crashed on treasured beauty spot Ilkley Moor, risking the site’s conservation status, freshly emerged figures show. Campaigners have written to Bradford Council Leader Susan Hinchcliffe demanding a ban on grouse shooting. Over half of protected breeding bird species have declined or become locally extinct on Yorkshire’s iconic beauty […]
Newly elected representative for Keighley and Ilkley, John Grogan MP, has backed an end to grouse shooting on Ilkley Moor. The politician has described the practice when conducted on public land as presenting a potential conflict of interest. Wild Moors, which has lobbied Bradford Metropolitan District Council (BMDC) to cease leasing […]
Wild Moors has submitted evidence to the House of Commons Grouse Shooting Inquiry, which was unveiled as a result of a 123,000-strong petition, calling for the ‘sport’ to be outlawed. The evidence we presented, which is available here, provides a unique and comprehensive insight into the the negative impact grouse moor management […]
Bradford Council has unveiled a public consultation on whether grouse shooting should be allowed to continue on Ilkley Moor, after its current license expires in June 2018. The process forms part of the Council’s new vision for Ilkley Moor, which seeks to deliver a future based on “sustainable, quality management”. Wild Moors, which […]
Bradford Council has unveiled a series of new measures to aid conservation on Ilkley Moor. Among them is a restriction on burning, an intensive technique used by gamekeepers to engineer an unnaturally high population of grouse. It is these additional birds which are shot. However, research shows the practice degrades rare peatland habitat, decreases wildlife biodiversity and contributes […]
