Wakefield Council’s leadership has joined the battle to save the county’s peat moors from being damaged for grouse shooting. The local authority’s leadership has called on the government to urgently deliver a ban on moorland burning, an ecologically-destructive practice that involves shoot operators setting fire to heather to engineer habitat for […]
Councils urged to back a ban on grouse moor burning
Yorkshire’s councils are being urged to join the battle to save the county’s peat moors from being damaged for grouse shooting. In a letter sent to council leaders, Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors has sought support from local authorities for a ban on moorland burning, an ecologically-destructive practice that involves shoot […]
Grouse moor burning season closes with prospect of ban
New figures showing the shocking scale of grouse moor burning across Yorkshire have been released by a wildlife organisation as the season officially closes today. Wild Moors has compiled more than 550 reports of the county’s heather moorland being burnt — an ecologically-destructive practice performed to engineer habitat for grouse which […]
Major landowners put a permanent end to grouse moor burning
Three major landowners have ended heather burning on moorland across Northern England in a landmark move welcomed by wildlife campaigners.Yorkshire Water, United Utilities and the National Trust — which collectively own 34 sections of moorland spanning Yorkshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire — enforced the decision last week by asking tenants to halt the practice until further […]
Grouse shooting industry suspends burning season following major blaze on Meltham Moor
Grouse moor burning season was prematurely ended today after industry bodies requested members stop the practice. It follows more than 200 hectares of rare blanket bog being damaged in a major blaze on Meltham Moor, West Yorkshire, on Monday when planned grouse moor burning got out of control. Such burning is […]