Category: hunting & the countryside

Baying Mob

Gangs of thugs rampage through the countryside. Yet the police look the other way, and the government does nothing.

Why might it be right to shoot deer, but not human beings?

Despite growing awareness, our government still allows landowners to help flood the homes of people living downstream.

Bullying and intimidation dominate the British countryside, as landowners and shooters assert their power.

Our national parks are ecological deserts, run for the benefit of a tiny minority. It’s time we reclaimed them.

The fake grassroots campaign run by grouse shooters is just one instance of the way democracy is being bypassed

How to eradicate grey squirrels without firing a shot – an astonishing tale of ecological restoration.

It’s time to bring the Highland Spring south, and, like Scotland, introduce democracy to this quasi-feudal nation.

Will Scotland please get off its knees and challenge the people who claim to own it.

As the food queues lengthen, the government is giving our money to the super-rich.

How Natural England became the servant of the landed classes.

Rural policy is once again the preserve of the elite, and wildlife and people suffer as a result.

Thanks to an aristocratic minister, state spending is being used to support pheasant shoots and destroy birds of prey.

The wild boar cull should be halted, and we should stop confusing conservation with gardening.

As the new badger cull shows, we revert to irrational destruction as soon as our economic interests are threatened.

If we want a classless society, banning hunting might be a step towards it.

Canoes have a low impact on the environment, yet they are more restricted than cars.

The rich and powerful have started a new class war

We get the right to roam, but a predatory landlord has been chosen to enforce it

It’s not just about fox-hunting: we must re-examine all aspects of our involvement with the natural world