FROM PROTECT THE WILD—END THE GUGA HUNT

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more End the Guga Hunt Campaign Heads to Lush Stores One thing stood out above everything else: people care. DEVON DOCHERTY JUL 19 READ IN APP What happens when you spend four days asking complete strangers whether baby Gannets should still be beaten to death in the name of tradition? You discover just how ready people are for change. After seeing the work we’ve been doing to end the Guga Hunt, Lush invited us into their stores to raise awareness of the campaign. Their message to us was simple: they’d been following the campaign and wanted to help. To have our work recognised by such an iconic brand, with such a strong track record of standing up for animals, felt like a huge endorsement of the campaign and the impact it’s having. From investing millions in research to fight animal testing to backing grassroots environmental campaigns, Lush consistently uses their platform to fight for a better, fairer world, and we’re so grateful for their support of Protect the Wild. We spent two days in their Inverness store, home to the headquarters of NatureScot, the agency licensing the hunt. We spent another two days in Glasgow city, the second largest Lush store in the world, which is quite a feat considering Lush has over 886 stores worldwide in 52 countries! We must have spoke to hundreds of people over those four days. And while every conversation was different, one thing stood out above everything else: people care. A surprising number of people had already heard about the Guga hunt, and the overwhelming majority were firmly opposed to it. Those hearing about it for the first time were often visibly shocked. Much of our campaigning happens online, and that's vital for reaching huge numbers of people quickly and mobilising support when it matters most. But there’s something special about stepping away from the screen and having real conversations with people and sharing our passion for protecting wildlife in person. We hope it’s something we’ll get to do much more of in the future. One of the most heartening parts of the week, though, was speaking to several people from the Isle of Lewis, where the hunt originates. Supporters of the hunt often portray it as though it has unanimous support on the island. That simply isn’t true. We met islanders who told us they believe the hunt is outdated and should end. Their voices deserve to be heard too, and they were a powerful reminder that no community speaks with one voice. We also raised vital funds for the campaign through sales of our gorgeous Gannet plushies and by recruiting new Gannet Guardians. We were also incredibly grateful to receive a generous donation from Lush themselves. Aside from that we added loads more signatures to our petition calling on NatureScot to reject the Guga hunt licence, which is now sitting at 232,919!! With just two weeks until NatureScot decides whether to grant another Guga hunt licence, we're setting ourselves one final goal: 250,000 signatures by 3 August. If you haven't already, please add your name and help us get over the line. SIGN THE PETITION Thank you so much again to Lush and all of the wonderful people we spoke to in store. Together, we're building the movement that will finally bring the Guga hunt to an end. SHARE LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2026 Protect the Wild Protect the Wild, 71-75 Shelton Street Covent Garden, London, W2CH 9JQ Unsubscribe Start writing

BIRD LIFE INTERNATIONAL

View email in browser John, we've just wrapped up the latest edition of our exclusive magazine, and we didn't want you to miss your chance to get it delivered straight to your door. When you become a World Bird Club Member, you will help to save birds from extinction, support disadvantaged communities in key wildlife spots and help protect vital habitats from the many threats they face today. Not only will you help birds and nature thrive, you'll gain access to the latest conservation news and breakthroughs with our quarterly magazine. >>Become a member today and get your free magazine>> With over 125 national Partners around the world, BirdLife – The Magazine offers a truly global perspective on modern conservation issues, as well as some incredible real-life stories. Choose your membership level today to unlock your free perks. Our cover star is the iconic Emperor Penguin. Worryingly, this beloved and instantly recognisable species is now Endangered on the IUCN Red List; with climate change being the primary factor in its decline. We delve into its plight, the state of its Antarctic habitat and the work BirdLife is doing to drive the decarbonisation of our economies. This is a necessary step if we are to safeguard the futures of both Emperor Penguin and the continent. Become a member to read the full feature, and others from around the Partnership, inside the issue: Guardians at the Edge Project work to conserve São Tomé and Príncipe’s endemic birds will benefit from funding donated from this year’s Global Birdfair event, held in the UK. Reviving Peatlands BirdLife’s Partner in Iceland, Fuglavernd, is working with partners including the RSPB to restore the country’s degraded wetlands for the good of well-known migratory waders. Net Losses Often illegal, the use of mist nets in Asia has an incredible impact on a huge diversity of birds – as revealed in new research into the practice. There’s also the latest news, scientific breakthroughs, reviews and ways to get involved, wherever you are in the world. Best wishes, BirdLife International Supporter Care Team 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 PLANTLIFE—ALL ABOUT ‘NO MO MAY’ AND WHAT TO DO

Are you ready to cut your lawn? View this email in your browser Donate Join Shop Hi John, Did you know that the No Mow Movement is a whole year long? We encourage people to share their gardens with nature by letting their lawns grow through the spring and early summer season. But after this, we actually recommend cutting it back, or at least part of it, and keeping it shorter for the rest of the year. This really helps to boost wildflower biodiversity by mimicking traditional hay meadow management practices. These practices have been going on for so long that our meadows, flora and fauna have adapted together. Find out how you can manage your garden for nature all year round with our No Mow Movement Calendar below. Visit our No Mow Calendar We cut in July because it allows later wildflowers to set seed and animals and insects to complete the parts of their life cycles that utilise long grasses. But after a summer of letting it grow - how and when do you start to mow your lawn? Our experts are on hand with all the top tips! If you've been letting it grow for the No Mow Movement, but you're wondering when and how you should cut back your long lawn - our experts have you covered! Join our Specialist Botanical Advisor Sarah Shuttleworth, in the video above, for some top tips for cutting back the grass when you're ready to mow. For more advice through the year, visit our No Mow Movement Calendar to garden for nature all year long. Our No Mow Movement might begin with May – but it’s just the start of the journey to manage our lawns for nature. We recommend cutting in July or August to follow that traditional hay meadow pattern, but you could also cut in September, cut part now and part later, or manage sections differently right through the year. Whatever your method, the No Mow Movement is for everyone! Thank you. Charley Adams, Plantlife Nature Editor 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 PLANTLIFE—NATURAL MEADOWS ARE A NATIONAL TREASURE

View this email in your browser Donate Join Shop Dear John, For generations, meadows and people have worked together to survive – making food, supporting livelihoods and helping to combat climate change. Their history is our history. But as our connection with nature has dwindled, meadows have suffered too. Development, intensive farming and misguided tree planting have all left their mark on these landscapes. We’ve lost an estimated 97% of wildflower meadows since the 1930s. When we think of ‘national treasures’, we tend to think of people, but maybe it’s time we recognise nature as the national treasure it is? We can’t stand by and watch them vanish. With your support we can protect what’s left and restore so much more. Will you donate today to help protect these national treasures? A donation of £5 could help restore the biodiversity of 45m2 of meadow*. Donate Wildflower meadow We need to safeguard these irreplaceable meadows from future destruction and restore their wild plant and fungal diversity at scale. By donating today, you’ll be helping to secure the future of these national treasures. Protecting the UK’s irreplaceable meadows Supporting those that care for meadows Restoring more wildflower meadows across the UK Since 2013, Plantlife has led the creation and restoration of over 13,000 acres of wildflower meadow. But with you by our side, we can do so much more – please donate today. Donate Thank you for your support. Jo Riggall Grassland Advocacy Officer PS Our histories are intertwined. Their future depends on what we do now. You have the power to help protect these national treasures, please donate today. A tractor bails hay in a meadow This appeal represents Plantlife’s work to create a world rich in plants and fungi. Your gift will help support work from species recovery and habitat restoration to campaigning for policy change, and working in partnership with people. Your gift will be used in the most effective way possible to make a difference to nature. We can only continue our conservation work through the generosity of supporters like you. *using green hay. 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.

DEAR ROAMERS AND YOUR RIGHT TO ROAM

The right to be cool Dear Roamers, Like many people last week, I sought out cool water and shade - not that I need an excuse, but this time it felt less like a choice than a necessity. Swimming in the Dart, I felt fortunate to have a place where I can reach and get into my nearest river. Yet I know that this is the exception. All across England and Wales, (as Tony Hawks discovered in his recent radio series), there are barriers to river and reservoir access. Signs decrying swimming as ‘dangerous’, warnings of ‘underwater machinery’, threats of prosecution and fines. As the continent sweltered through record-breaking temperatures, this culture of exclusion kicked up a gear. At Cheddar Reservoir, permissive access was closed by Bristol Water as temperatures climbed, citing concerns that people might try to swim. Earlier this year, the Peak District National Park Authority warned against swimming in rivers prompting a backlash forcing them to rethink their comms, and possibly who it is there to serve. Even the coast isn’t immune. A Newhaven beach, fenced off by its offshore owners, was broken into last week by exasperated locals seeking respite from the heat. In Poole Harbour, residents of Sandbanks have continued their campaign to remove a fence restricting access to the beach - an effort that appears to have borne fruit after the story attracted national attention, including the surreal moment when a BBC reporter spoke via a Ring doorbell to one of the beach owners who answered from Bermuda. In Wales, Dŵr Cymru issued social media warnings urging the public not to swim in waterbodies managed by them; their alarming claims about safety were subsequently and deftly dismantled by the British Mountaineering Council’s Eben Muse. Meanwhile the owner of Brombil Reservoir in South Wales seems to be suffering a crisis of intent - charging people to visit while simultaneously condemning public access and threatening visitors with hefty legal action. One might wonder what we are actually paying for. The reasons offered for the denial of this basic elemental relief are familiar: we’re at risk of drowning, poor water quality, blue-green algae, hidden hazards and causing ecological disturbance. Some are genuine and deserve clear information and sensible management – a wealth of information of which is provided by the Outdoor Swimming Society. Others are applied indiscriminately, regardless of local conditions, becoming blanket justifications for exclusion rather than invitations to help people access water safely and responsibly. Deaths in water do occur, and every one is a tragedy. But this is a crisis of education and opportunity to learn. It is also an issue of justice, as expertly outlined by Katie Parsons. As our climate warms, access to cool water and shade will increasingly become a question of who gets to stay safe and healthy during periods of extreme heat. Cooling down is not a luxury; it is becoming a public health necessity. Water should be understood as public infrastructure: a place to exercise, to play, to connect with nature and, increasingly, to escape dangerous summer temperatures. Finnamore Wood Vigil Like our rivers and reservoirs, most woodland in England is out of bounds. What little access we do have is precious. For residents near Finnamore Wood in Buckinghamshire, the prospect of a private superluxury development closing the paths used by local people for generations has come as a shock. Woods where children played are now being enclosed behind 2.4-metre-high fencing. On Saturday 18 July, local residents are holding a peaceful, family-friendly vigil to bear witness to the loss of these much-loved paths and call for access to be restored. There will be a short gathering, a moment of silence and the chance to write “love letters to the wood” for its trees, wildlife, footpaths and future generations. If you live nearby and you are able to show your support, please let the organisers know using the details below. Saturday 18 July, 1.00–2.30pm Meet at What3Words: ///cosmic.note.crazy, between nos. 7 and 9, SL7 2HU. Parking is limited, so please car share where possible. Lifts from Marlow or High Wycombe stations may be available by arrangement. For travel help or to let the organisers know you are coming, email finnamorewoodpreservationgroup@gmail.com. Right to Roam Print Shop Finally - a reminder that we’ve opened our print shop! A selection of Nick’s artwork is available for pre-order (closing for current orders on the 13th July), so if there’s a print you love from this batch, grab one now. Note: we had an issue with our payment system this week, so apologies to those who tried to purchase a print and were unable. It should be working now! As the campaign moves forward, we need to fund the work behind it. These prints are a way of directly supporting the campaign while taking home a beautiful piece of Wild Service artwork, something to hang on your wall that inspires conversation, connection, and care for the living world around us. Alternatively, if you are able to support the campaign with a monthly donation, please visit our website. The amount is entirely up to you. Introducing The Crow’s Nest - a Right to Roam Substack If you enjoy reading our newsletter, you might also like to take a look at our newly minted substack where we’ll be publishing occasional missives and longer reads on in-depth topics, as well as shorter posts on fast moving issues. As a primer you might like to read Jon’s eloquent response to eminent Geographer Nicholas’ Crane assertion that the access movement should be less political; Amy-Jane’s beautiful and mysterious act of wild service in the homeland of John Clare; or Guy’s front-footed contention that Manchesterism is a politics of land. Give them a read, and share with others. Please do encourage them to sign up to our newsletter too, which remains the primary place for campaign updates and actions. That’s all for now - see you out there. Lewis, and the Right to Roam team. ---------- Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. Want to get involved? Visit our website here. This campaign is made possible through small monthly donations from supporters like you. We are currently relying on only a few hundred monthly subscribers. Without growing that number, our work is at risk. Can you help keep us going by becoming a monthly subscriber? £5 / Month £10 / Month £15 / Month £20 / Month A newly erected fence blocking access to Finnamore Wood in Buckinghamshire - once a place for local people to walk and play. Take Action Visit our social accounts Check out our site This email was sent from this site. If you no longer wish to receive this email, change your email preferences here.

FROM THE HUNT SABOTEURS—VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN BY SOME OF THE HUNTING COMMUNITY

View this email in your browser Hi, Supporter HUNTING AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN In March 2026 the BBC reported that ministers had declared a national emergency in response to the epidemic of violence against women and girls. The report also stated that “the UK government has pledged to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.” Violence, misogyny and sexism have always been prominent within the hunting community, with overwhelming cases against female hunt saboteurs. We recently shared a series of social media posts highlighting this - but the sad fact is that there are still hundreds more instances that could have been shared. For example, after sabs scuppered a days hunting for the Northern Counties Mink Hounds, Charles Dent viciously targeted a female sab, causing damage to her head and neck. Charles Dent, previous chairman of Timothy Taylor brewery attacked a female sab after the Northern Counties Mink Hounds were caught illegally hunting by sabs. In November 2024 a lone female sab from Mendip Hunt Sabs was thrown to the ground and repeatedly punched in the head and kicked while she lay on the ground. The frenzied attack took place after the sab had gone to investigate a suspected dig out of a fox by the Mendip Hunt terrier men. As well as physically assaulting the sab the thugs stole her camcorder and body camera. Avon & Somerset Police took no further action, despite them claiming in their framework that violence against women and girls is a “forcewide priority.” Thugs from the Mendip Farmers Hunt. Over the past few seasons West Midlands Hunt Saboteurs (WMHS) have been documenting worrying and disturbing behaviour from hunt supporter Harry Sawyer. At the beginning of last season, he pushed a female saboteur, who was holding a placard, to the ground. The same saboteur that he has repeatedly harassed and attempted to intimidate by following her to the toilet and making false accusations about her to Warwickshire police, wasting their time. In February 2026, Sawyer purposely blocked WMHS vehicle on a public road. He then proceeded to assault a female sab by pushing her in the back before grabbing her arm and twisting it up her back. When asked a few weeks later if he thought women constitute as people, he struggled to muster a coherent answer. Around a year ago Warwickshire Police said this in response to the national report on Violence Against Women and Girls, “Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is an unacceptable, preventable issue that blights the lives of many, and we have always taken it seriously in Warwickshire.” Harry Sawyer has been continually harassing and assaulting female sabs, so what are Warwickshire Police doing about it? In 2024 Simon Tomlinson, polo enthusiast, Beaufort landowner and friend of King Charles, viciously threw a female sab to the ground. This is the same Simon Tomlinson who had previously been handed a community resolution by Wiltshire Police for driving a quad bike at sabs on a public right of way. In 2023 Wiltshire Police announced their plans to improve the way they respond to violence against women and girls with their initiative entitled ‘Listening Circles.’ This was forged from feedback whereby almost 50% of women asked said they didn’t report a crime of violence against them as they felt they would not be taken seriously, or because of past experiences with the police. Despite this feedback and Tomlinson’s history of erratic violence, Wiltshire Police did not charge him for the attack on the female sab. Simon Tomlinson viciously pushed a female sab to the ground but Wiltshire Police decided to take no further action. Just last week Fred Ford, a rider with the Blackmore & Sparkford Vale Hunt (BSV) was found guilty of assault by beating. Ford, who is a regular rider with the BSV, Portman Hunt and the Devon & Somerset Staghounds, pinned a female sab to a gate while she was trying to access a public footpath. Even when the sab was on the phone to the police Ford continued to tighten his grip on her, until another sab was able to intervene. Furthermore, Fred’s son Charlie Ford, who is the huntsman for the Dorset & Somerset Bassetts, was recently found guilty of illegally hunting a hare. It appears that violence is a family tradition for the Ford’s. Fred Ford pinned a female sab against a gate before proceeding to tighten his grip on her. He was found guilty of assault by beating and ordered to pay costs totalling £1574. The HSA recently reported on the Albrighton & Woodland Hunt huntsman Paul Larby, and whipper in Phillipa Ward, who viciously attacked a Shropshire Wildlife Monitor in an unprovoked attack, leaving her eye severely swollen and bruised. The seemingly endless list of these kinds of attacks from hunters towards female sabs keeps increasing season after season. The volume of physical attacks reported on are shocking and deeply worrying, and this does not include incidents of verbal abuse where sexualised, misogynistic and threatening language is used to try and intimidate sabs, although this does also come hand in hand with physical attacks. For example, the attack by Cottesmore Hunt steward and butcher Gwilym Owen, who body-slammed a female sab to the floor then proceeded to stand over her whilst she knelt in the mud trying to get up. Another hunt member, Dean Cripps looked on laughing, whilst commenting that “Gwilym looks as though he’s enjoying being pleasured over there”. When the sab got back to her feet she was then thrown back down onto the floor. Cottesmore Hunt thugs get their kicks by throwing female sabs into the mud and making sexualised and misogynistic comments. The very nature of hunting is violent and sadistic and as we’ve seen recently from footage at the Coniston Foxhounds dig-out and the Stowe Beagles hare kill, young people, quite often children, are present at these hunts, exposing them to and normalising violence. Furthermore, the misogynistic language used towards female sabs, which is often laughed at by other hunt members, makes it appear acceptable to speak to women in this manner, setting a precedent for the younger generation. Students from a Buckinghamshire private school, which is home to the Stowe Beagles, congratulate each other as a hare is ripped apart by hounds. In response to a recent document collated by the HSA in relation to violence against female saboteurs author Carol J Adams gave the following statement; "Some of the thug-like actions against women hunt saboteurs remind me of the behaviour of ICE agents in the United States. These immigration agents, militarized under Trump into lawless action, have mostly escaped prosecution for attacking protestors. Like ICE agents, hunters and their supporters use misogynistic language when referring to women (‘cunt,’ ‘bitch,’etc). Sociological studies of violence suggest that objectifying language helps to create distance between the attacker and the victim, enabling them to see women as less than human.” 'Trail hunting' does not exist, but what does is the sickening violence within this community. Whether it is towards animals; wildlife, hounds and horses, or towards other people. There is a widely recognised correlation between those who abuse animals going onto commit violent offences against humans, with animal abuse being cited as an indicator of future violent offending. In a world where wildlife is hounded, hunted and torn apart, often in the presence of children and young people, violence towards humans comes hand in hand. ‘Trail’ hunting is not only a smokescreen for illegal hunting; it continues to facilitate the violence that hunts inflict upon those exposing it and stopping it. 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? 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FROM PROTECT THE WILD. ROB POWNALLIS OPPOSING FARAGE AS A FOX.

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Front cover of Britain’s most read paper Things we love to see! ROB POWNALL JUL 10 READ IN APP We just got the front page of the Metro. A fox, on the cover of Britain’s biggest paper, making the exact argument we’ve been making for years: Farage isn’t anti-establishment, he’s pro fox hunting, and those two things cannot both be true. Metro is the biggest paper in the country. 2.5 million people read it every day. That’s how many saw this today, for free. A full page ad in Metro costs upwards of £45,000. The front page alone would cost a quarter of a million. We got both, plus a full feature inside, without paying a penny, because the story stood up on its own. The inside piece let me say it straight: “You cannot get any more establishment than Farage, who supports fox hunting. How can you claim to be this man of the people, while supporting pastimes that involve ripping apart animals?” That’s the whole campaign in two sentences, printed in the paper more people read on their commute than anything else in Britain. Then the Telegraph ran it too. Never thought I’d see the day. They went back through Farage’s own words from Boxing Day, when he said you might as well ban walking dogs in the countryside because Labour were “authoritarian control freaks” for moving to ban trail hunting. They laid out Reform’s manifesto commitment to protect country sports, and Braverman defending the loophole in the Commons. That’s not us saying it. That’s the Telegraph, printing the paper trail in their own words. LBC and the BBC have picked it up since, both having to actually explain why a bloke in a fox costume is standing against Farage. Every time they do, hunting’s back in the conversation. That timing matters. The government’s just come out of its consultation on ending trail hunting and is deciding right now how far to go. Every headline like this is a reminder that this issue is toxic, that the public’s paying attention, and that finishing the job properly is the popular thing to do, not the risky one. On the vote splitting point, because people keep understandably raising it: I got 18 votes in Makerfield. There are now close to a dozen candidates standing in Clacton. I am not asking anyone to vote for me. I’ve said that from day one. This was never about winning a seat. It’s about making sure that every time Farage tries to sell himself as the outsider, someone’s stood there in a fox costume reminding the country he’s spent his career defending the hunt. None of this happens without people backing it. If you want British wildlife staying in this conversation for the rest of the by-election, become a monthly donor Donate to 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