FROM CORNWALL WILDLIFE TRUST — AN UPDATE ON COSTS AND REQUEST TO DONATE MORE

View this email in your browser Dear John Before I begin, if you’ve recently increased your membership, thank you so much. Your additional support truly means a great deal, and please forgive us if this email crossed with your update. You should by now have received your Wild Cornwall magazine together with a letter from me. In that letter, I shared just how much your support is achieving across our nature reserves — from restored wetlands and newly planted woodlands to wildflower meadows returning — and through our wider conservation work, including seagrass restoration in the Fal estuary. Every acre protected and every habitat improved is possible because of members like you. I also explained the growing challenge we’re facing — one felt most urgently by wildlife. Rising costs and inflation mean caring for our reserves is becoming more expensive. Even so, we recently took on 53 acres at Bartinney and 97 acres at Helman Tor, because expanding these sites is essential for Cornwall’s wildlife and natural beauty to recover. This has increased our annual costs by £27,663, and it now takes £10.80 per month to care for each vital acre of our nature reserves. Essential work — from habitat restoration and grazing management to marine monitoring and repairing storm damage — depends on steady membership support. So, I’m getting in touch to gently follow up on my letter. You already give £3.50 each month, and your generosity means so much. If you feel able to increase your membership today, even by a small amount, it would make an even bigger difference for Cornwall’s wildlife and wild places. Your additional support would help meet rising costs across our nature reserves and continue the vital conservation work happening every day across Cornwall. Updating your gift is quick and easy. Simply reply to this email with your new amount or click below to adjust it online: Increase my membership gift We’re especially grateful you continued your membership after recent rate changes—thank you. If it feels manageable, an optional increase could help strengthen the work you make possible for wildlife and habitats across Cornwall. Thank you for reading and for everything you do for Cornwall’s wildlife. Whatever you decide, please know how deeply grateful we are. Because of you, Cornwall’s wild places have a brighter future. With warmest thanks, Callum Deveney Director of Nature Recovery Cornwall Wildlife Trust P.S. If all our members gave just £1 more a month, we could plant 23 new acres of woodland this year. That’s space to shelter birds, bats, and countless other creatures while capturing carbon for the climate. Facebook icon Instagram icon LinkedIn icon YouTube icon © 2026 Cornwall Wildlife Trust. All rights reserved. Registered charity number 214929. Privacy Policy and T&Cs Our mailing address is: Cornwall Wildlife Trust Five Acres, Allet, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9DJ Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list.

FROM AMY AT MARINE CONSERVATON — FAMILY LOVE IS ALWAYS A MUST

Four great marine animal mothers View in browser A sea otter mother lies on her back in water with her pup lying asleep on her chest Credit: Erik Ihlenfeld Hi John, As Mother’s Day approaches, I wanted to shine a light on four underwater mothers and their own unique parenting styles. Let's start off with the adorable sea otter who, as you can see in the image above, will swim on her back to carry her pup for the first few months of its life until the pup can swim on its own. It really makes me smile – it's how my baby daughter currently sleeps on me at night; all of the cuddles! A bottlenose dolphin is swimming through blue water It takes a village to raise children – and the same is true for most dolphins who live in pods of up to 15, working together to raise their young, protect themselves from predators and catch food together. Strength in numbers is true for the deep sea octopus too, with thousands captured on camera in Planet Earth III gathering together to look after their brood of eggs. And it wouldn't be a wildlife-themed email without a mention of puffins. These wonderful birds work together as a team to raise their young – and as well as being super cute, their young have an adorable name: pufflings! Learn more about marine mothers Wishing you a wonderful rest of the week, I'll be in touch soon with some exciting news... Amy Digital Channels Manager Marine Conservation Society Rockstar Mother's Day gifts A white tshirt with an illustration of a turtle playing the drums In case you missed it, we've launched an amazing new rock band collection in our shop. Featuring iconic marine species such as a shark, turtle and crab, the new designs are an expansion of our incredibly popular rocktopus collection. So if you're looking for a perfect gift for your rockstar Mum, here's your sign! Show her that she's shredding it at motherhood and say a big ‘shell yeah’! Much better than flowers again, right? Shop the new collection Donate Our shop Contact us Unsubscribe The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) is the UK charity dedicated to protecting our seas, shores and wildlife. Marine Conservation Society | Company Limited by Guarantee (England and Wales) No. 2550966 Registered Charity No. England and Wales No. 1004005 | Scotland No. SC037480 VAT No. 321 4912 32 Registered Office: Overross House, Ross Park, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 7US. Scottish Office: CBC House, 24 Canning Street, Edinburgh, EH3 8EG.

GRAPHIC CONTENT THROUGHOUT AS THE HUNT SABS TELL ABOUT QUANTOCKS AND STAG HUNTING

View this email in your browser Hi, Supporter ‘Pick And Mix’ Cruelty At The Quantocks Staghounds Graphic Content Throughout As we have reported over the last few weeks, several members of an HSA covert intelligence unit attended a number of West Country staghounds meets in Autumn 2025. This final report focuses on the Quantocks Staghounds. Quantocks kill in the 2023 season. At the first meet on 18th September 2025, our operatives witnessed a laughable speech from a hunt master who claimed that the hunt conducts ‘Research and Observation’ of stags but that “trails may also be laid.” The Quantocks will also routinely claim to be flushing to guns - using two dogs – and to be ‘rescuing a casualty’ animal with no sense of irony. Basically, they use a pick and mix approach, invoking any loophole they choose to mask their illegal stag hunting. On the 25th of September our investigators witnessed yet another mature stag being chased across the hills until he collapsed. A healthy, prime animal - who should have been entering the rut - was instead lying dead in a field, surrounded by ghoulish hunt supporters posing for photos with his broken body. Hounded to exhaustion on 25th September 2025. Four days later, new team members were back on the Quantock Staghounds to witness another prolonged and brutal chase through Shepherds Coombe where the stag was eventually killed. Exhausted and unable to escape, he was brought down for yet another tally on their “season total.” The Quantocks Staghounds’ victim of 29th September 2025. Once again, our investigation has revealed how determined, extremist stag hunters are constantly adapting to evade accountability or charges: a ban on ‘trail hunting’ – though urgently needed – will not be enough in itself to stop these hardened hunters in their tracks. Only our comprehensive set of proposals – based on over sixty years of sabotaging all types of bloodsports - will really end hunting with hounds. Complicit in the cruelty of stag hunting are the Exmoor National Park Authority who have done nothing to ban the practice, ironically using a stag head as their logo, they make no mention of the animal being hunted and killed on their web site but do use the deer to promote tourism. It seems odd that people can be banned from the use of drone - which could be used to protect deer - but that hunts and their mechanised vehicles are allowed to chase and kill the same animals with impunity. Contact the Exmoor National Park Authority here www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk Join the Hunt Saboteurs Association! Support our vital work by becoming a member. Join The HSA Spread the word! Please share our news Share via email Facebook icon Instagram icon Twitter icon Logo Copyright (C) 2026 Hunt Saboteurs Association. All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from Hunt Saboteurs Association. Our mailing address is: BM HSA, London, WC1N 3XX, U.K. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT WILL DISCUSS THE GUGA HUNT — ANOTHER FROM PROTECT THE WILD

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more GOOD NEWS! for the campaign to end the Guga hunt Today, the Scottish Parliament ensured this petition will carry forward - and with it, a real chance to change the law. DEVON DOCHERTY MAR 11 READ IN APP Today, MSPs made an important decision. They unanimously decided to keep Rachel Bigsby’s petition to end the Guga hunt open and carry it forward to the next Parliament. Here’s why this matters. The current Scottish Parliament is about to dissolve ahead of the upcoming election in May. With this government’s term coming to an end and parliamentary business rapidly winding down, the Committee could easily have closed the petition, simply saying that time had run out. But they didn’t. Instead, they recognised that the scale of public opposition to the Guga hunt demands scrutiny - not silence. They acknowledged that significant concerns surrounding the hunt remain unresolved and must be properly examined. In our submission to the Committee, we highlighted that seven seabird species within the Special Protection Area where the hunt takes place are already on the brink of immediate collapse - having been officially assessed as being in unfavourable conservation status by the very agency that licenses the hunt, NatureScot. Tell NatureScot: STOP THE GUGA HUNT We warned the Committee that allowing the Guga hunt to continue would further endanger an already vulnerable colony, and undermine Scotland’s reputation as a leader in conservation and sustainable wildlife tourism. On Monday we held a silent protest ahead of today’s committee meeting, urging MSPs: Don’t silence the public. Because of this morning’s decision, this issue will now land directly on the desk of MSPs in May, forcing them to reconsider the outdated legal exemption in the Wildlife and Countryside Act that allows this hunt to take place. You made history This only happened because more than 100,000 of you spoke up. 100,000 people said that tearing young seabirds from their nests and killing them for tradition is no longer acceptable, and that the law must reflect this. This petition made history. It was the largest put before this government, the fourth largest in Scottish history, and the largest ever relating to animal welfare in Scotland. So thanks to every one of you who added your name, and to wildlife photographer Rachel Bigsby for starting the petition. You forced the Guga hunt into public consciousness and onto the political agenda. You made sure it could not be quietly dismissed. And you helped create a real pathway to changing the law and ensuring this abhorrent hunt is consigned to the history books where it belongs. Photograph of Gannets by Rachel Bigsby. Here’s what we must do now With Parliament now effectively on pause ahead of the election, attention turns to NatureScot. They hold the power to stop this year’s hunt by refusing to license it. The licence application could arrive any day now, and when it does, we’ll need the strength of this movement ready to make itself heard again. Tell NatureScot to end the Guga Hunt Help fund the campaign to end the Guga hunt Over the coming months, however long it takes, we will be working tirelessly to bring an end to the Guga hunt. We will continue conducting scientific research to strengthen the case against it, pushing the Government petition forward, and applying pressure on NatureScot to revoke the licence. Our efforts will combine public demonstrations, sustained public pressure, and direct engagement with decision-makers. We are determined to bring this issue into the mainstream. That means producing another hard-hitting animation, publishing regular online content that reaches hundreds of thousands of people, and ensuring the issue cannot be ignored. In just the past week alone we have secured national press coverage, reached over 500,000 people through our social media channels, helped generate more than 1,500 emails to NatureScot, and ensured the Government petition remains open for future consideration. You can help power this work by donating a small monthly amount. Your support will allow us to continue the research, campaigning, and public outreach needed to keep the pressure on, and to do everything we possibly can to end the Guga hunt for good. Support Protect the Wild SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing

ANOTHER POST FROM THE HUNT SABOTEURS — PROVING THAT HUNTS ARE CONTINUING TO BREAK LAWS

𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲’𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗱𝗯𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁 Last Saturday, 28th February, the Ledbury Hunt met at Old Colwall. It was a brilliant, warm, sunny day, if still very wet underfoot. Shame it was ruined by this gang of wildlife crims. Sabs anticipated the route the hunt would take well throughout the day, and it’s fair to say the hunt moved on swiftly, on several occasions not drawing woods we expected them to. Thanks to Welsh Border Hunt Sabs who joined us once they were sure the Cotswold Vale Farmers Hunt were not going out. Hounds were hardly heard in cry, that lovely sunshine had fortunately burnt off any fox’s scent. The only exception to this was when hounds were cast into Slatch Wood between Coddington and Bosbury. Hounds went quickly into cry and crossed over, casting around in a field adjacent to the road and Old country Wood. Here all chaos broke out and we are pretty sure the hounds were rioting on deer. Deer were seen fleeing in all directions, and hounds were in and out of Old Country Wood, the surrounding paddocks, and roads, causing absolute havoc. We’re pretty sure the hunt is absolutely not welcome on Old Country Wood, but do they care? Not one bit. Outgoing huntsman, Mark Melladay, could be heard vainly attempting to gather hounds from a distance, while joint master Louise Daly sat on her horse unperturbed as stray hounds held up traffic and went off on jollies in all directions. Eventually, the hunt moved on up the drive to The Riddings while we went round by road nearly as far as Norbridge. Mellady could still be heard gathering hounds. He’d just about got them all on by the time we arrived cross country at The Riddings. The rest of the day was quiet, just the way we like it. Apart, that is, from masked (but we still know who he is) violent terrierman, Ross Loader, threatening to smash one of our sab’s camera. This tells you all you need to know about the Ledbury, happy to keep the likes of Loader around to do their dirty work - which is not limited to carrying terriers around for digging out, but has previously included assaulting sabs. Any info please contact us by text, WhatsApp or phone (evenings best for the latter) on 07347120065 Thank you to everyone who has donated recently. Our vehicle is due in for MOT shortly in readiness for next season, and some visits to the West Country to sab the stag hunts. Support us if you can via the Ko-fi link in our bio.

FROM PROTECT THE WILD — PROTEST IN SILENCE — ABOUT GUGA HUNT OR ANYTHING?

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more “Don’t Silence Us”: Silent Protest Outside Scottish Parliament as Guga Hunt Petition Hits 100,000 DEVON DOCHERTY MAR 9 READ IN APP Today outside the Scottish Parliament, we stood in silence. Tape over our mouths. Not because we had nothing to say. But because more than 100,000 people have spoken out against the Guga hunt - and they are now in danger of being silenced. In less than 48 hours, the Petitions Committee will make their final decision on the fate of Rachel Bigsby’s petition, which calls for an end to the barbaric tradition that sees 10 men bludgeoning baby Gannet chicks to death on the island of Sula Sgeir. At their last meeting on January 21st, the Committee agreed to shortlist the petition as one of the very few allowed to be carried forward to the next session of parliament after May’s elections. Now it’s decision time. On Wednesday, they have two options: close the petition down, or keep it open and carry it forward, allowing MSPs to properly scrutinise the exemption in law that allows the Guga hunt to happen. Sign the petition History in the making Reaching 100,000 signatures is not only a major milestone, it made history. It makes this petition: the largest petition put before this current Scottish government. the fourth most signed petition in Scottish Parliament history. the largest animal welfare petition Scotland has ever seen. That only happened because of each and every one of you who took time out of your day to add your name and take a stand for the Gannets of Sula Sgeir. So thank you. If you haven’t yet added your name, then it’s not too late, but you’ll have to act fast. Sign the petition Next time you hear from us, we’ll be letting you know what Parliament has decided - and where this campaign goes next. Enter our monthly raffle that’s drawn tomorrow! You could win: A Gannet Sculpture Set (created by the wonderful Sarah Brabbin) An Ocean Eco Bottle A Garden Bee Biome Entries are just £1 each, and every penny of profit goes straight back into protecting British wildlife — supporting undercover investigations, bold animations, nationwide campaigns and lobbying, essential field equipment and mental health support for activists, fearless journalism, in-depth reports, and much more. Enter the raffle SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing

FROM CORNWALL WILDLIFE TRUST — A REMAINDER OF TEMPERATE RAINFOREST IS NOW SAFE

View this email in your browser Hi John Imagine yourself walking through a quiet Cornish valley. The air is cool with moisture - ferns spill over moss-covered stones, and a nearby stream trickles. Birdsong carries through the trees. You’re standing in temperate rainforest. Once common in Cornwall, this habitat is now incredibly rare. Yet thanks to a remarkable gift in a supporter’s Will, there is hope. West Muchlarnick Farm was left to Cornwall Wildlife Trust with a simple wish: that it would benefit wildlife. Today, it’s the heart of our 50-year Temperate Rainforest Project, restoring much of the land to this rare and beautiful habitat. As a member, you’re already helping create a Cornwall where nature thrives - and we’re so grateful. Some members choose to make that impact last for generations. Not every gift in a Will is a farm. But every single one helps shape the future of Cornwall’s wildlife. Learn about Gifts in Wills here Free Wills Month You may have seen other charities promoting free Will-writing at this time of year. But planning for the future shouldn’t be limited to one or two months in a year. That’s why we’ve partnered with Cornwall based Lacuna Wills and the award winning Make a Will Online, both of which can offer supporters a free Will-writing service, all year round. If you choose to leave a gift in your Will to Cornwall Wildlife Trust, you can help protect and restore precious wild places – and the wildlife that depends on them – so future generations can enjoy them as much as you do. Start your free Will here A lasting gift to Cornwall’s wildlife Many of the people who choose to leave a gift in their Will are members, just like you. They’ve spent years walking Cornwall’s coast paths, exploring rockpools and wandering in ancient woodland - and doing what they can to tackle the growing threats to Cornwall’s wildlife. Including a gift in their Will can feel like a natural next step - a way to protect the places they love long into the future. Every gift, no matter the size, makes a lasting difference. Nature really does bring so much joy. It’s up to all of us to make sure future generations can enjoy it too. Request your free Gifts in Wills brochure here Get in touch - we’d love to hear from you If you’re interested in leaving a gift in your will, or you’re already planning on leaving us a gift, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We'd love to get to know the generous people who choose to remember us in their Will. With warmest wishes, for now and in the future, Tom Mercer Individual Giving Officer Cornwall Wildlife Trust tom.mercer@cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk P.S. If you’ve already chosen to leave a gift to Cornwall Wildlife Trust in your Will, thank you so much. If you’re happy to let us know, we’d love to thank you properly and keep you updated on the difference your future gift could make. Please note: Cornwall Wildlife Trust works with a number of independent will-writing providers to help supporters who wish to make a Will. There is no obligation to leave a gift to Cornwall Wildlife Trust in order to use any of these services. Full details can be found here. Facebook icon Instagram icon LinkedIn icon YouTube icon © 2026 Cornwall Wildlife Trust. All rights reserved. Registered charity number 214929. Privacy Policy and T&Cs Our mailing address is: Cornwall Wildlife Trust Five Acres, Allet, Truro, Cornwall, TR4 9DJ Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list.