Please help us defend Badgers in Northern Ireland
This morning Wild Justice launched a new fundraising appeal. Once again we are looking to challenge a proposed cull of Badgers – this time in Northern Ireland. So far, over 500 of you have backed our fundraiser, donating over £12,000 towards our challenge. Thank you to everyone who’s donated! So, what’s this about? Back in […]
Rising reports of wildlife crimes during the pandemic
Wild Justice is a member of Wildlife & Countryside LINK and today the consortium has published its latest annual report on wildlife crime (covering 2020). Here is the press release: Rising reports of wildlife crimes during the pandemic spark fresh fears for beloved species A new report published today (25 Nov) by nature experts has revealed a […]
Badger challenge – we lost this one
We heard on Friday that we had lost our challenge of the legality of free shooting of Badgers. It is legal for Natural England to license shooting of badgers which does not meet the welfare recommendations of the expert committee which set out what the standards should be. Government and Natural England do not have […]
Thank you! 106,000 times
Thanks to you, this matter will be debated in Westminster Hall later this spring. You’ll be able to watch the debate on the internet. Thank you!
Fight back on Badgers
Last week we had a setback on our Badger case when we heard that the Hon Mr Justice Johnson had refused permission for judicial review of Natural England’s licensing of Badger shooting. This week, after consulting with our legal team, we’ve decided to appeal the judge’s order and today we lodged court papers to this […]
Setback on Badgers
Yesterday evening we heard that we have been refused permission for judicial review of Natural England’s licensing of Badger shooting. This is a grave disappointment. The Hon Mr Justice Johnson said: We will, of course, need to discuss this with our legal team and consider whether to appeal this judgment. This setback on legal grounds […]
Thank you HSI-UK!!
This time last week we were approached by Humane Society International – UK offering us support for our challenge of the legality of licensing of free shooting of Badgers as part of the DEFRA Badger cull. We had a chat, filled in some forms and the money was on its way which meant that we […]
Extracts from our Pre Action Protocol letter to Natural England.
Wild Justice has been in fairly lengthy and detailed correspondence with Natural England and DEFRA on the matter of Badger culls. Here we post extracts from our last letter to Natural England, dated 22 May 2020. You can see that the beginning of the letter sets out what the letter is and names Natural England […]