LEGAL JUSTICE AND PETITIONS TO PARLIAMENT

 WILD JUSTICE NEWSLETTER. I LOVE THEIR LOGO.

THIS MORNING I HAVE SIGNED THREE PETITIONS TO KEEP THE PRESSURE UP

THIS IS THEIR LETTER

Good morning, here we have an important update to the details for the Walk for Wildlife 2 (the date has changed!), feedback on what you told us about game meat on sale in supermarkets, an important day for us next week and some petitions that you might like to support.

 

People’s Walk for Wildlife 2: the walk will now take place on Sunday 27 November, after rail strikes were announced on the original date of the 26th. This will be a joyful, family-friendly and celebratory walk in support of our wildlife, and to resist the ongoing Attack on Nature. Find out more information at peopleswalkforwildlife.org. We look forward to seeing lots of you there.

 

Game meat availability: we asked you to let us know if you spotted any game meat on sale in Waitrose and Sainsbury's stores and over 200 responses were received. Thank you for the useful information.  According to what you told us, only 8% of Waitrose stores have Pheasants on sale, whereas around 25% of Sainsbury's have Pheasant and/or 'mixed game casserole' on sale. That's a very interesting difference and may reflect the fact that Waitrose have, in past years, said that they aim to go lead-free and we know that this has not been achieved (see here).

 

You also sent us useful information on availability of game meat in other outlets. We'll be collecting game meat for lead analysis and your feedback has been very useful. Thank you.

 

Northern Ireland Badgers: our legal challenge to a Northern Ireland Badger cull will be heard in the High Court of Northern Ireland next Monday, 21 November. We and our friends and colleagues in the Northern Ireland Badger Group are hoping for a favourable result (see here for more details).

 

Petitions: 

• Our own petition on limiting Woodcock shooting - please sign here
• Make swift bricks compulsory in new housing to help red-listed birds - please sign here
• Save the bees: cut hazardous pesticides and support nature-friendly farming - please sign here 

 

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