Hen harrier brood meddling, a conservation sham sanctioned by DEFRA as part of its ludicrous ‘Hen Harrier Action Plan‘ and carried out by Natural England, in cahoots with grouse moor owners, the very industry responsible for the species’ catastrophic decline in England, see here, is now in its sixth year. Natural England and the grouse shooting industry will tell you it’s a conservation success story. Conservation campaign group Wild Justice has just published a new report on hen harrier brood meddling (called Meddling on the Moors), where the disingenuous claims of the grouse shooting industry are taken apart and the methods of this so-called ‘scientific trial’ led by Natural England are slated. The three directors of Wild Justice have criticised hen harrier brood meddling for many years, in various places including in the High Court. For now, here’s the new report from Wild Justice on brood meddling:UPDATE: The publication of Meddling on the Moors was covered in The Guardian (here).

Source: The Guardian August 09, 2023 00:28 UTC