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Grouse moor licensing bill progresses through Holyrood

In a significant move for nature conservation, members of the Scottish Parliament have voted to advance the Wildlife Management and Muirburn Bill to Phase 3 of the legislative process. This progressive legislation marks a pivotal moment in the management of Scotland’s uplands, particularly concerning the licensing of grouse shooting and intensive […]

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Labour calls for introduction of grouse moor licensing

Labour has called for grouse moors to be licensed to help end a wave of wildlife crime in northern England’s uplands. It follows the release of undercover footage by Wild Moors, taken in May, showing a goshawk being illegally trapped and killed on a grouse moor in North Yorkshire. Birds of prey […]

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Grouse shooting season overshadowed by wave of wildlife crime

Wildlife campaigners are calling on the government to introduce mandatory licensing of grouse moors to eradicate illegal bird of prey persecution. It follows the grouse shooting season being overshadowed by a wave of wildlife crime as it opens today on the ‘Glorious Twelfth’. Birds of prey have been shot, poisoned and […]