This week, Wildlife Matters Investigates Trail Hunting Myths. But let’s start with a fact: There is no tradition in Trail Hunting. In fact, trail hunting did not exist before the Hunting Act of 2004. Continue Reading... "040 – Trail Hunting Myths"
Month: September 2022
039- Game shooting or ‘shame’ shooting
Every year, around 50 million non-native, factory-farmed pheasants and red-legged partridges are released into the British countryside—purely to be killed by shooters. This massive influx of non-native birds devastates our native wildlife Continue Reading... "039- Game shooting or ‘shame’ shooting"
038 – Fox Hunting and why it is banned
This is my attempt to explain the process of Fox hunting based on decades of doing everything I could in the field to stop it. I have also spent many years working to bring those who hunt illegally to justice. This blog is not in any way meant to justify or, indeed, glorify the cruelty of fox hunting. Continue Reading... "038 – Fox Hunting and why it is banned"
037 – Cub Hunting, Autumn Hunting or Hound Exercise – They are all the same cruel thing
Autumn Hunting, also called ‘Hound exercise’ as the Hunts now refer to it, was previously known, perhaps more honestly, as ‘cubbing’. Hunting takes place ‘when the harvest allows’. It generally runs throughout September and October and will start from ‘first light’ at around 6 am. Continue Reading... "037 – Cub Hunting, Autumn Hunting or Hound Exercise – They are all the same cruel thing"