FROM MARRIANE WALKER —BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL—ABOUT VULTURES

View email in browser Your voice can lift vultures higher, John! Share these stories and inspire others to care like you From Egyptian Vultures crossing continents on migration to Griffon Vultures circling high above mountain landscapes, and Hooded Vultures quietly keeping towns and savannas clean, vultures can be found across much of the world. Vultures are nature’s clean-up crew, yet, sadly, they are among the most threatened groups of birds. It’s why on International Vulture Awareness Day, we wanted to spotlight the progress being made to protect these incredible species. We’re putting vultures on the map Effective conservation depends on knowing where and how to target our efforts. By tracking vulture movements and understanding the threats they face, we can identify the places where action is needed most. We’re protecting the most important areas for vultures Drawing on decades of experience, we are working with our Partners around the world to safeguard vital places for vultures to feed, nest, roost and soar. This will enable us to help reverse their decline. Remember, your voice is the lift that can help reach more hearts and minds. Celebrate International Vulture Awareness Day by inspiring others, and together we can save the birds and nature we love. International Vulture Awareness Day also marks the start of something special. From 8–11 September, we’ll be bringing you closer to BirdLife’s General Partnership Meeting and Global Flyways Summit in Kenya. Throughout the week, my colleagues will keep you updated with key highlights that are all thanks to your support. Watch a personal message from our CEO, Martin Harper. Thank you for being with us. Warmest wishes, Mairianne Walker | BirdLife International Supporter Team Image credit in order of appearance: Egyptian vulture globally endangered species in flight by GGRIGOROV/Shutterstock.com Griffon Vulture by David Tomlinson Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Website You are receiving this email because you opted-in to hear from BirdLife International BirdLife International is a registered charity 1042125 Address: BirdLife International The David Attenborough Building Pembroke Street Cambridge CB2 3QZ UK For full details on how we collect, use and store your personal information see our Privacy Policy. update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Copyright © 2026, All rights reserved.

FROM EMMA FOR THE LEAGUE OF CRUEL SPORTS

League-Against-Cruel-Sports Banner stating top 3 reasons to attend our AGM Dear John, With only two weeks to go until the 2026 AGM, here are the top 3 reasons why it’s worth joining us: 1. Hear from inspirational speakers The AGM is a chance to hear directly from the team at the League. You’ll also hear a message from Chris Packham and Nigel Palmer from the Badger Trust which will be shared exclusively at the meeting. 2. Have your say The AGM is your opportunity to share your views and help shape our priorities for the year ahead. To use your voice, you can complete your proxy vote ahead of the AGM here. A new motions process is also being launched, designed to make it easier for members to put forward motions in 2027 and have your ideas heard. 3. Hear what’s next on hunting You’ll hear an update on ‘What’s Next’ now that the hunting consultation has concluded, including how we’ll continue to push the Government to strengthen the Hunting Act. If you’d like to submit any questions ahead of the meeting, you can do that on this page of our website. I want to attend the AGM Please join us for the AGM on 19 September 2026 at 10:00am and make your voice heard. If you’ve already registered to attend, we can’t wait to see you there! We’re looking forward to bringing Members together to celebrate our partnership. Warm wishes, Signature Emma Slawinski  Chief Executive Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram League Against Cruel Sports New Sparling House, Holloway Hill, Godalming, GU7 1QZ www.league.org.uk Telephone: 01483 524 250 © 2026 League Against Cruel Sports Registered Charity in England & Wales (No.1095234) and Scotland (No.SC045533) You are receiving this League Against Cruel Sports email because it relates to your membership. Unsubscribe View this email in your browser. supporter

FROM PROTECT THE WILD—WHAT THE GAME INDUSTRY GETS UP WITH THEIR WASTE

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more “Straight in the bin” Disposal of live waste on a ‘game farm’ PROTECT THE WILD SEP 5 READ IN APP Over the past few months we have been publishing analysis of undercover footage obtained on so-called ‘game farms’ across England. We began by looking at the sheer scale of the shooting industry, then how adult birds (not every bird, but far too many) are sometimes treated, and the enormous numbers of eggs collected and washed - and in some cases dumped unlawfully in open-air trailers. Recently we looked at very young chicks being ‘sexed’ and sorted. But we didn’t explain why and what happens to the birds the industry doesn’t want… Sorting Sorting takes place when chicks are very young, and it has two functions on a farm where birds are being bred for the gun. The first is sexing - ie sorting males from females. The second is checking for weak or unhealthy birds. A breeding operation exists to produce eggs - and those eggs are laid only by females. A male is needed to fertilise them, but because farms typically rotate one male pheasant among eight females, only a small number are ever needed. The rest are, in the industry’s own accounting, surplus. While it depends on the individual farm’s requirements that year (and how Avian Flu has impacted imports of chicks from continental hatcheries), as many as half of every hatch on a so-called ‘game farm’ may be killed within hours of being born. Not for any reason connected to their health. They are killed because they are male, and a male pheasant will never lay an egg. ‘Unhealthy birds’ - ie birds that because of deformity or ill-health will not survive the rigours of egg production without costly intervention - won’t add to the farm’s bottom line so will be disposed of too. They won’t be treated, cared for, rehabilitated, or set carefully aside for something else - to use the words of one of the senior workers talking in the undercover footage we’ve posted below, they will be put “straight in the bin”. The method of disposal The question the industry would rather we didn’t ask: what happens to the chicks the farm doesn’t want? The typical method of ‘disposal’ is maceration. The chicks are dropped from trays, usually fully conscious and often with piles of other ‘waste’ like eggshells, into a high-speed mechanical shredder. They are literally ground up alive. We are saying ‘usually’ because undercover footage from one farm the investigative team visited suggested that it may leave the chicks to die in the trays after sorting: every chick thrown into the macerator was (as in the screenshot below) already dead. This practice was different from what was observed at other farms, but as we can’t be certain this is a regular practice, we are not naming the farm at this point. Typically, the shooting industry likes to disguise the actions they know the public will be incensed by with softer words: ‘processing’, ‘dispatch’, ‘culling’, and the like. But strip away the euphemisms and what remains is a machine being used to kill live animals at industrial speed within days of hatching, simply because those animals were worthless to the business that bred them. Become a Game Changer The law Maceration might sound like some sort of fringe practice dreamt up by rogue operators, or a historical anomaly. Far from it. It is current, and it is written into UK law. The Welfare of Animals at the Time of Killing (England) Regulations 2015 (WATOK 2015) - which sounds like so much of the oxymoronic legislation that benefits the shooting industry - explicitly permits maceration, gas killing, or cervical dislocation as lawful ways to kill chicks under 72 hours old. In typically cold, remote words, it states that “The killing of surplus chicks…in hatchery waste must be as rapid as possible.” It’s also worth knowing that under UK law (and this advice was last updated in March 2026), a staff member working on a farm does not need a WATOK licence “to kill surplus chicks or embryos in hatchery waste” - in other words, the specific licences required to carry out animal slaughter under WATOK 2015 are not required if you’re a temporary or casual worker being employed on a ‘game farm’ for the summer and part of your role is going to be dumping live chicks into a machine that grinds them up. In-house training is all you need… At this point, it’s a fair question to ask how on earth a ‘game farm’ trains someone to work on the macerator anyway. Practice? Repetition? Just pick the person who doesn’t mind throwing helpless birds into a meat grinder? There really is no answer that reflects well on the industry or the people involved. ‘Humane’ does a lot of heavy lifting Shooting industry bodies will tell you maceration is ‘humane’ - ie ‘showing kindness, care, and sympathy toward people or animals’. Their loose interpretation of ‘humane’ totally ignores the fear and stress of the conveyor belt and the sorting facility, but it is used because (the industry will tell you) death is instantaneous. That claim rests entirely on the operator being properly trained, and the system functioning as intended, every time, on every bird, without exception. That’s the sort of ‘quality assurance guarantee’ that industrial-scale processing rarely earns. It is the sort of ‘quality assurance guarantee’ that unlawfully leaves a chick to die in a trailer full of broken eggshells, after all. Become a Game Changer The pattern, again Forget any noble concepts like ‘humane’ or ‘welfare’. This industry is not organised around the wellbeing of the birds it breeds. It is organised around egg output. Killing day-old chicks is where that logic leads. Maceration is a cost calculation, made by an industry whose business model depends on maximising eggs and minimising anything that doesn’t produce them. It is simply cheaper to destroy ‘unwanted’ chicks than integrate them into the system. The truth is that the chicks going into the macerator were never seen as animals to be cared for. They were a byproduct to be disposed of by whoever is at hand on the day. Living waste to be put ‘straight in the bin’… Video and images recorded by an undercover investigative team in 2025. We are working to END BIRD SHOOTING. This suffering has to stop. Please share this article. Share our socials. Follow us for updates. Become a Game Changer End Bird Shooting Over the coming months our campaign will look at the shooting industry at every level. We will highlight the suppliers — the farms, hatcheries, importers and breeders producing tens of millions of birds under conditions that would provoke public outcry if applied to any other animal. We will expose the providers — the estates and syndicates that take those factory-farmed birds and sell the experience of killing them as leisure. And we will look at the clients — the paying guns who are fully aware of the wildlife crime, the trapping of native predators, and the mass suffering involved, and who have decided that none of it is reason enough to stay away. This industry survives because suppliers supply, providers provide, and clients pay. We intend to examine them all. Join the movement. Become a Game Changer. We are at the beginning of something. Months of undercover work. Hundreds of hours of footage. Farms across the UK exposed. But we are only just getting started. Many of you have already become a Game Changer, standing with us as we take this fight forward, week by week, piece by piece, until the public, the media and the politicians can no longer look away. We are extremely grateful We are reaching a larger audience all the time, though, many of whom won’t know that Game Changers help us fund investigations, take on staff, and make us more effective. So we are going to repeat the call here - this is just the beginning, please be a part of it. Become a Game Changer SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing

FROM PLANTLIFE—NATURE NEEDS US

View this email in your browser Donate Join Shop Hi John, What would our world be without wildflowers in our meadows, fungi in our woodlands or the plants that support all life around us? Wild plants and fungi are the foundation of healthy ecosystems. They provide food and shelter for wildlife, help tackle climate change and create the beautiful landscapes we all love. Yet they're disappearing at an alarming rate. The good news is that people can make a difference. Every day, Plantlife members are helping to restore wildflower meadows, protect precious habitats, save threatened species and ensure that future generations can experience the joy of a world rich in nature. If you believe nature is worth protecting, we’d love you to join us. Join us Membership is more than a subscription. It's a way of standing up for the wild plants, fungi and places you care about. It's joining a community of people turning their love of nature into lasting impact. Together, we're proving that conservation works. As a special thank you, anyone who joins through this email will receive a free wildflower tea towel*. But the real reward is knowing you're helping create a future where wild plants, fungi and wildlife can thrive. All from just £5 a month. Nature needs more people on its side. Will you join us today? Become a member tea towel featuring pink orchids, plantain and other wildflowers As a member you'll get exclusive access to online talks, regular magazines, an ID guide and much more. Find out more here. Thank you for caring about nature. Together we can secure a world rich in wild plants and fungi. Best wishes Rebecca James Membership Team PS Don’t miss out! Show your support for nature today and receive a free wildflower tea towel* as a thank you. *This is a limited offer, join before midnight on Wednesday 9 September through the link in this email to claim your free tea towel. New members only. Follow Plantlife on: Instagram Instagram Facebook Facebook YouTube YouTube LinkedIn LinkedIn Website Website Copyright © Plantlife All rights reserved. Plantlife International is a charitable company limited by guarantee. Registered Charity in England and Wales (1059559) & Scotland, (SC038951) Registered Company in England and Wales (3166339) Registered Office: Brewery House,36 Milford Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2AP, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1722 342730 enquiries@plantlife.org.uk www.plantlife.org.uk Plantlife respects your privacy. You can read more about how and why we use your personal data at www.plantlife.org.uk/privacy-notice Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

FROM PROTECT THE WILD—BAN THE SALE OF GLUE TRAPS

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more TAKE ACTION! Ban the sale of glue traps in England Sign our petition, telling the government to act urgently PROTECT THE WILD SEP 2 READ IN APP There’s a glaring loophole in England’s glue trap legislation. Since the Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 came into force in England in 2024, ordinary members of the public have been prohibited from using glue traps to catch rodents. Yet it remains legal for anyone to buy one from a shop or online. That makes no sense. If members of the public cannot legally use glue traps, they should not be able to buy them. Ban the sale of glue traps Glue traps cause severe and prolonged suffering. Animals caught on them can remain trapped for hours, panicking and struggling to escape. They may tear skin, injure limbs, become exhausted or dehydrated, and suffer extreme distress before they are eventually killed or die. Protect the Wild is opposed to the use of glue traps in all circumstances. We do not believe that deliberately immobilising a terrified animal on a sheet of adhesive can ever be considered humane, and we ultimately want to see their use ended completely. The Government argues that licensed professional operators may still use glue traps in limited circumstances to protect public health and safety. We strongly question whether such a cruel method is ever necessary when alternatives exist, but even under the Government’s current licensing regime, this provides no justification for unrestricted public sale. If licensed operators are permitted to use glue traps, they should obtain them through controlled professional suppliers. There is no credible reason for these devices to remain freely available to the general public. Sign the petition The Government also describes licensed use as being restricted to “exceptional circumstances”. Yet enforcement relies heavily on licence holders complying with conditions and on unlawful use being detected or reported. Animal rescuers continue to encounter animals caught on glue traps, and by the time misuse is discovered, the suffering has already happened. Removing glue traps from public sale would be a simple preventative step. It would make unlawful use harder, reduce confusion about their legal status and send a much clearer message about the cruelty of these devices. Other jurisdictions have already gone further. Wales has prohibited their use, while Scotland now prohibits their use, possession and supply. New Zealand has also introduced strict restrictions on their sale and use. England should not continue with a system where a product is illegal for most people to use but remains freely available for them to purchase. Our petition urges the Government to: ban the sale and supply of rodent glue traps to members of the public in England; end unrestricted high-street and online sales; restrict any remaining supply to appropriately authorised professional operators through controlled suppliers; review the continued licensed use of glue traps with the aim of ending their use entirely. The immediate demand is simple: if the public cannot legally use glue traps, the public should not be able to buy them. Please add your name to the petition, telling Defra to take urgent action. Every day the government delays, more animals will die a slow and agonising death. Sign the petition SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing

ROAMERS—THE RIGHT TO ROAM WILL BE MAKERFIELD SOON

New prints available and an invite to come trespass with us in the Prime Minister's constituency In this newsletter: New prints available! Wild Service in Action Workshop 12th September Makerfield Mass Trespass 13th September Local Group updates Dear Roamers, Summer is giving way to autumn and, as Parliament returns from recess, we’re ready to hold our politicians to their word. In his first Commons statement as Prime Minister this week, Andy Burnham promised to give “people and places ownership and control” while back in June at the People’s History Museum he pledged the “biggest rebalancing of power our country has seen”. Localism and access reform are both about giving people a meaningful stake in where they live - but what does local control really amount to when the majority of people are shut out of the countryside on their own doorsteps? That is why, on Sunday the 13th of September, we are taking our campaign to the Prime Minister’s own constituency of Makerfield with a mass trespass. Despite Makerfield containing great swathes of Green Belt countryside, just 1% of the constituency has a right to roam. The trespass location will be revealed nearer to the date. To tell us you’re coming and be sent more details, sign up here on our Eventbrite. New Prints Up for Grabs! Our print shop is back with the events collection, three exclusive A3 artworks by artist, illustrator and Right to Roam co-founder Nick Hayes. Created especially for this collection and never seen anywhere else, they carry the folklore and joyful mischief of some of our most loved gatherings. We can't guarantee that these prints will be available again, so if one has caught your eye, now is the time. Every penny raised through the print shop goes directly towards funding our campaign to unlock the countryside for everyone. As a thank you for being part of our newsletter community, when you order a print you will also receive a little gift from us: a postcard and book mark set with our iconic campaign artwork. Simply add your chosen print, and the set into your basket and then enter the code ROAMFREE at checkout Wild Service In Action Workshop - 12th September Are you taking action for nature where you live, or nurturing an idea you'd love to bring to life? Join the us and friends of the campaign on Saturday 12th September for a one-day workshop created to encourage and connect the individuals and grassroots groups making real change for nature in their communities. Whether your Wild Service project is already putting down roots or it is only just beginning to stir, the day will offer practical tools, fresh inspiration and new connections to help it grow. The day will take place at Platt Fields Market Garden in Fallowfield, Manchester, a thriving community market garden and hub managed by the Manchester Urban Diggers (MUD). Alongside training and practical support from organisations including Wild Justice, Campaign for Commons and Lawyers for Nature, there will be plenty of time to meet others doing brilliant work for nature, explore the garden on a tour led by the MUD team and relax with some good food and live music Discover more about the workshop and book your free ticket here. When signing up you will be asked to complete a short registration form telling us a little about your current or planned wild service project. Local Group Updates South Devon Right to Roam are planning a walk and a swim on the Marristow Estate where ‘no swimming’ signs have appeared, on the 27th September. Get in touch if you’d like to join. Representatives from the group will also be at the Green Earth Awakening festival next week - if you’re planning to be there, drop them a line and say hi! There will be a stall with information and workshops. Northamptonshire has a new group in the process of forming - their first meet up will be on Tuesday 29th September at The White Hart pub in Great Houghton, Northampton at 7.30pm. If you can't make the meet up but are interested in joining the group or helping them, please get in touch at righttoroamnorthants@gmail.com That’s all from us for now - see you out there. Lewis and Jess, on behalf of the Right to Roam team x Can you help keep us roaming? The right to roam campaign is kept afloat by small donations from a few hundred monthly supporters. We are grateful for every single one of you. It’s what keeps the work going, but if we want to scale what’s needed, we need to grow that base. We currently have a target of 1,000 subscribers in order to make the campaign sustainable for the next year. Can you help? £5 / Month £10 / Month £15 / Month £20 / Month As an extra bonus for supporters, those who choose to become monthly paid supporters of the campaign will automatically enter into our ongoing art print giveaway as a thank you for helping sustain the movement long term. Visit our social accounts RIGHTTOROAM.ORG.UK This email was sent from this site. If you no longer wish to receive this email, change your email preferences here.

FROM PROTECT THE WILD—THE IN-GLORIOUS BLOODY TWELFTH

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more What the f**k is "glorious" about this?! PROTECT THE WILD AUG 12 READ IN APP Today marks the so-called “Glorious Twelfth” — the beginning of another grouse-shooting season. But there is nothing glorious about turning Britain’s moors into killing grounds. Nothing glorious about birds being driven towards waiting guns. And nothing glorious about landscapes being manipulated so that wealthy shooters can kill animals for entertainment. Grouse shooting does not exist in isolation. Its intensive management is associated with the persecution of protected birds of prey, the killing of other wildlife, the burning of precious peatland and the degradation of habitats that should belong to us all. Until now, our End Bird Shooting campaign has focused predominantly on the pheasant and partridge shooting industry. But that is only the beginning. Over time, we will expand our work to confront every form of bird shooting for so-called “sport” across the UK — including grouse shooting. We will create hard-hitting animations and videos, produce powerful campaigning content, fund undercover investigations and push the truth in front of millions of people. We will expose what happens on Britain’s shooting estates, challenge the powerful interests protecting the industry and build a movement capable of bringing it to an end. Our aim is clear: to make grouse shooting socially toxic, politically indefensible and an industry with no future. You can help fund this work by purchasing one of our bird of prey pin badges. Every purchase helps us reach more people, reveal more of what the shooting industry wants hidden and strengthen the campaign to end bird shooting. Wild birds are not targets. Our countryside is not a playground for people with guns. And killing animals for entertainment has no place in a compassionate society. Stand with Britain’s birds of prey. Stand against persecution. Help us end bird shooting. Bird of Prey Pin Badge SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing