Blogs
11/8/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , Pheasants & Releasing
8/8/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , GWCT in the media
GWCT chief executive Teresa Dent CBE wrote a letter to Greenpeace’s interim UK Executive Director offering to meet to present scientific evidence in response a to petition calling for a total ban on controlled burning.
25/7/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , Pheasants & Releasing
Mark Glover’s view that gamebird releasing causes environmental carnage, “Slaughter of UK’s imported gamebirds carries a heavy price, 22 July”, is not supported by the scientific evidence.
23/6/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , Farming
It is indeed sad that the iconic purring call of the turtle dove in summer is now a rarity, but the efforts of a group of farmers and land managers in southern England is giving real cause for hope.
30/5/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , GWCT Scotland
As part of the project group established to increase recording of mountain hare presence right across Scotland, the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust is dismayed that following the first year of this expanded survey capacity, the National newspaper has hailed this as marking an increase in mountain hare numbers following protection.
13/5/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT in the media , Letters , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
The few who perpetrate wildlife crime overshadow the many grouse moor managers who work tirelessly to create habitat where birds of prey can thrive.
3/5/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Hen harrier/Grouse shooting , Letters
Rod Liddle lets a story get in the way of the facts when writing about grouse moors. Rather than being a “desolate moonscape”, they are the last refuge of some of our most endangered wildlife.
6/4/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Advice , Waders , Woodcock , Letters
Read our letter to the Secretary of State regarding the shooting of woodcock, written in response to the letter sent by Wild Justice.
4/4/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: Letters , Hen harrier/Grouse shooting
As a new study on mountain hares hit the news, we thank GWCT member Matthew Higgs for writing to the Telegraph to share our findings
10/3/2022 in: GWCT News Blog under: GWCT in the media , Letters