James Bray ( on the left ) is the project manager at Bowland ... Iolo Williams ( second left ) well known presenter and Hen Harrier enthusiast ... Alan Davies ( third left ) of 'The Biggest Twitch : Around the World in 4,000 Birds ) ... Findlay Wilde ( firth left ) the young Hen Harrier campaigner ... Mark Avery ( Hen Harrier campaigner and ' Ban Driven Grouse Shooting ' promoter ) ...
... all spoke with great commitment and passion about illegal raptor persecution associated with driven Grouse shooting and the scandal that this represents ...
... then today a press release from RSPB Scotland gave the results of a study showing the drastic fall in Mountain Hare numbers in the Angus Glens ... and this is why ...
... Mountain Hares killed on an industrial scale on Driven Grouse Moors because of their perceived threats to the health of Red Grouse - the unnaturally high population density of Red Grouse created for shooting purposes already guarantees disease within their populations ...
... and also today the Labour MP for Workington and Shadow Environment Secretary Sue Hayman
has spoken out about the environmental damage done to our uplands and the wider environment by the intensive and destructive management of Driven Grouse Moors simply so that people will pay large sums of money to shoot large numbers of Grouse simply for their own entertainment ...
... with BBC Radio 4 carrying several pieces about the detrimental effects of Driven Grouse Shooting in recent days ... it feels as though this issue is coming under increasing scrutiny and being brought to the attention of the wider public ...
..,. these are all steps in the right direction !
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