Each morning we send our Morning Briefing email to those who have subscribed to the service. These emails contain all the latest conservation and fieldsports news from across the internet. Below are the 5 most-read stories that made the headlines in January:
- Twitter storm erupts as Chris Packham gets it wrong on the shooting of a wading bird
In attempt to promote his petition campaigning for a moratorium on shooting waders, Chris Packham tweeted that lapwing were in decline because they were being shot. We pointed out that this was incorrect.
- Sir David Attenborough hits back at Springwatch presenter who called Planet Earth II a 'disaster for the world's wildlife'
Martin Hughes-Games had claimed that the BBC’s popular Planet Earth series "breeds complacency" when it comes to conservation by focusing on the beauty of nature whilst ignoring the damage humans have done to the world.
- 'Dry’ Tayside salmon river tributary reopens after 60 years
A major milestone in salmon conservation has been reached with confirmation that the “dry” River Garry tributary will flow again after over 60 years.
- Behind New Zealand’s wild plan to purge all pests
The country is to implement an ambitious plan to remove all non-native vertebrate predators by 2050, including rats, possums and stoats.
- Ten bin bags of dead pheasants dumped on Persehall Manor Farm in Bunwell
Countryside organisations have rightly hit out at the discovery of the dead birds left on a farm in Norfolk.
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