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Welsh government to outlaw snares in first step for grouse moor reform

The Welsh Government has published landmark legislation to outlaw the use of snares for trapping and killing wildlife on the nation’s game bird shooting estates. In the new Agriculture (Wales) Bill introduced in the Senedd, a complete ban on the use of snares has been included to be passed into law. […]

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Natural England faces calls to back grouse moor licensing to tackle hen harrier persecution

Hot on the heels of details emerging about a shocking incident of hen harrier persecution Wild Moors has fired off a letter to Natural England to ask the wildlife watchdog to back grouse moor licensing. It comes amid reports of a satellite-tagged hen harrier named ‘Asta’ who was being studied as […]

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Yorkshire Water to review the future of game bird shooting on Thornton Moor

Yorkshire Water is set to decide the future of a controversial game bird shooting arrangement on its land at Thornton Moor. The review will consider whether to continue allowing the shooting of grouse and partridge for sport on the popular moorland next to Ogden Water Nature Reserve, near Halifax, when the […]

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National Trust tightens up the rules on grouse shooting

The National Trust has tightened up the rules surrounding management of a vast expanse of moorland in the Peak District for grouse shooting. Following a consultation held over the spring, the National Trust—which manages the 32,000 hectare High Peak Estate on behalf of the nation—has agreed that trapping and snaring of […]