THREE SAD STORIES FROM LEGAL JUSTICE

Good morning! Today’s newsletter brings you the next three of a series of a dozen blogs about raptor persecution in relation to the driven grouse shooting industry. Our petition calling for a ban of driven grouse shooting has now reached 64,000 signatures. We’re almost two-thirds of the way to 100,00 people calling for a ban – the number we need to trigger a government debate on the issue. We’ve got this far together, with the efforts of you and organisations in the sector - like the RSPB, Rewilding Britain and Peta - helping the petition surge towards 100k. We need another c36k signatures (35,470 at the time of writing this!) before May 22nd this year in order to reach our target. We’re feeling positive about the outcome but it’s by no means ‘in the bag’, so please continue to help by spreading the word. How low will they go? Today we bring you the next three out of a dozen blogs documenting examples of the persecution of raptors. This series demonstrates the depths criminals associated with driven grouse shooting will go to in order to illegally kill birds of prey. These are all cases that would’ve gone undetected, if it wasn’t for investigators, field workers, police and members of the public. Think about how many other horrific crimes must remain unseen, being committed secretly and under the radar. NEW: A barbaric crime – click here. NEW: Under the boot – click here. NEW: A toxic environment – click here. Nowhere is safe (Golden Eagle and White-tailed Eagle) - click here. An ambush (Hen Harrier) - click here. A double whammy (Red Kite) - click here. Shooting a sleeping beauty (Golden Eagle) - click here. The indiscriminate persecutors (Merlin) - click here. Faking it: death by decoy (Hen Harrier) - click here. We'll be adding to this list over the next couple of weeks. Other blogs: For a simple introduction to the issue, read What driven grouse shooting is - and why we want it banned: - click here. For information on how incidents like those detailed above impact the population dynamics of birds of prey, click here for Golden Eagles, here for Peregrine Falcons and here for Hen Harriers. Keep on nudging! Every signature added to our petition nudges us a little closer to our target. Can you please keep the nudging going? If you know anyone who doesn’t know about driven grouse shooting – friends, family, a friendly face in the pub – could you share a blog with them? Scroll down to the bottom of any of our recent blogs and you’ll see four icons – click any of these to share that blog on WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter (X) or BlueSky. You can add your name or share the petition directly too – click here. We’ve made great progress but we can’t stop now! Thank you. Wild Justice (Directors: Mark Avery, Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay). This is the 227th Wild Justice newsletter. This email was sent to you because you subscribed to it through the Wild Justice website or through an e-action or a petition where you ticked a box. Thank you. We will only use your personal details to send you the Wild Justice newsletter. We will not give or sell your details to anyone else. You can unsubscribe at any time: there is an unsubscribe button at the foot of this email or you can reply to this email and ask us to remove you from the list (the former will happen immediately, the latter might take a few days). 9 Lawson St Raunds Wellingborough Northants NN9 6NG UNITED KINGDOM Unsubscribe | Change Subscriber Options