Calderdale Council’s Leadership has backed a ban on heather burning to save the region’s peat moors from being damaged for grouse shooting. … More Calderdale Council’s Leadership votes to support a ban on grouse moor burning
A protected goshawk has been illegally killed on one of North Yorkshire’s most iconic grouse shooting moors owned by Her Majesty The Queen. … More Police probe goshawk killing on Queen’s grouse moor
Wakefield Council’s Leadership has joined the battle to save the county’s peat moors from being damaged for grouse shooting. … More Wakefield Council’s Leadership backs a ban on grouse moor burning
Yorkshire’s councils are being urged to join the battle to save the county’s peat moors from being damaged for grouse shooting. … More Councils urged to back a ban on grouse moor burning
Natural England is investigating allegations that grouse moors have unlawfully trapped wild birds on their land to maximise the number of grouse for shooting. … More Grouse moors investigated over ‘illegal’ bird trapping
Leading police officers have met with senior Government ministers to seek stronger powers for law enforcement agencies investigating and prosecuting bird of prey persecution. … More Police back tougher penalties for bird of prey crime
New figures showing the shocking scale of grouse moor burning across Yorkshire have been released by a wildlife organisation as the season officially closes today. Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors (BBYM) has compiled more than 550 reports of the county’s heather moorland being burnt — an ecologically-destructive practice performed to engineer habitat for grouse which … More Grouse moor burning season closes with prospect of ban
Three major landowners have ended heather burning on moorland across Northern England in a landmark move welcomed by wildlife campaigners.Yorkshire Water, United Utilities and the National Trust — which collectively own 34 sections of moorland spanning Yorkshire, Lancashire and Derbyshire — enforced the decision last week by asking tenants to halt the practice until further … More Major landowners put a permanent end to grouse moor burning
Grouse moor burning season was prematurely ended today after industry bodies requested members stop the practice. It follows more than 200 hectares of rare blanket bog being damaged in a major blaze on Meltham Moor, West Yorkshire, on Monday when planned grouse moor burning got out of control. Such burning is meant to remove old … More Grouse shooting industry suspends burning season following major blaze on Meltham Moor
Dramatic images have been released by a wildlife protection organisation showing the devastating impact of a major fire on Meltham Moor (available here). Ban Bloodsports on Yorkshire’s Moors published the video footage and photographs — showing more than 200 hectares of damaged rare blanket bog habitat — following planned grouse moor burning getting out of … More Meltham Moor grouse shoot breaks DEFRA agreement on burning, sparking major blaze
