abuse staff, gamekeepers have alleged. The groups are increasingly using social media to publish private

gamekeeper, said after another day patrolling his estate looking for criminal gangs leaving a trail of

Rules restricting the export of birds after an outbreak have also fuelled the shortages. The first day of the grouse shooting season across Britain, on Aug 12, is usually the most lucrative for sporting estates.... Some keepers have lost their jobs because there’s just no shooting to sustain it.... Some of the bigger shoots have managed to hold together, but lots and lots of keepers are getting paid off and shoots are shutting down.” In terms of financial losses, Mr Hogg added: “ It’ll be mill

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Dennis Reed, founder of the Silver Voices organisation( Image: Rowan Griffiths/ Daily Express) And we thought that the campaigners in favour of scrapping the Triple Lock had slunk away to lick their wounds, for at least the rest of this Parliament; no such luck unfortunately. Both major parties had promised in their manifestos that the Lock was secure for at least five years, but it has only taken 6 months for this vital safeguard to come under pressure again. Labour has just appointed as its Pe

Renee Glover was born on June 21, 1914, and has lived through two world wars, 21 prime ministers and the Covid pandemic.... We think it's genetics, but she says it's cups of tea." She's got a great sense of humour.... She's got these little catchphrases that she's known for....

Mountain hares are at risk of extinction, scientists have warned, after new research found that there are only 3, 500 left.A five-year study, based on surveys involving researchers walking more than 520 miles of lines through the landscape, spotting almost 2, 000 hares, estimated that the population density was just 10 mountain hares per square kilometre.It also found that restored upland blanket bog had the highest densities of hares, with more than 32 per square kilometre.... Land managed for

About 30 to 40 per cent of shoots are expected to be cancelled completely.It is warned that the cancellations will have a “ catastrophic ” impact on shoots, as well as pubs, hotels and country sport shops.... People are just getting back on their feet after Covid.... It is another small knife in the rural economy.” Mr Breitmeyer said that whilst his small family shoot would be able to weather the storm, larger commercial operations and businesses that “ live and breath shooting ” will experien

Reintroducing lynx to rural Scotland could help control spiralling numbers of deer, a new report has claimed. Research into attitudes of the rural population of a possible return for the predators found that controlling deer numbers “ naturally ” was seen as a major potential benefit. Lynx were once native to the UK but were driven to extinction between 500 and 1, 000 years ago, due to hunting and loss of habitats. However, rewilding campaigners want to bring them back to Scotland, with the Cair

Swifts have been added to a list of endangered birds because modern houses don’t have nooks and crannies for them to nest in.A lack of nesting sites is thought to be one reason behind a falling population, as well as reduced food supplies due to a drop in the number of insects available to eat. Modern homes are less likely to have small spaces between bricks and in eaves where the birds like to nest, said the RSPB. The charity is pushing for special" swift bricks", which contain small tunnels an