Prominent falconer and eagle breeder, Andrew Knowles-Brown, 70, has been sentenced after investigators from the Scottish SSPCA found approximately 90 eagles and other birds were living in ‘unimaginable squalor’ at his breeding facility (the Scottish Eagle Centre) in Elvanfoot, Scotland. Last October after a trial at Lanark Sheriff Court, Knowles-Brown was found to have caused … Continue reading "Prominent falconer Andrew Knowles-Brown fined almost £14,000 for ‘shocking’ animal cru...| Raptor Persecution UK
The Herald has given more front page coverage in its series about Scottish land reform, this time focusing on recent legislation that was supposed to protect wildlife but instead is effectively ‘enabling’ wildlife crime. The article includes quotes from three organisations from REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform: Raptor Persecution UK, OneKind, and League … Continue reading "Ongoing problems with grouse moor licensing, trap licensing & hunt licensing is ‘enabling’ rather t...| Raptor Persecution UK
The Herald continues its feature on land reform today, with an article written by Max Wiszniewski, Campaign Manager for REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform: Scotland’s grouse moors are under fire—not just for environmental damage, but for symbolising a broken land system that benefits the few at the expense of the many. As public … Continue reading "Grouse moors: Scotland’s land crisis in plain sight (by Max Wiszniewski, featured in The Herald)"| Raptor Persecution UK
For those of you following the muirburn licensing fiasco in Scotland, where the Scottish Government has announced its decision to delay the implementation of licences for a second time after aggressive lobbying by the grouse shooting industry, Nick Kempe’s most recent parkswatchscotland blog will be on interest. Nick explores the known facts about the recent … Continue reading "‘The problem, which the Scottish Government is willfully ignoring, is that muirburn is responsible for a large...| Raptor Persecution UK
A couple of weeks ago, on 24 September, the Shooting Times published a news item in which it was suggested that I support predator culls: The Shooting Times article was supposedly a précis of an ar…| Raptor Persecution UK
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Press release from REVIVE, the coalition for grouse moor reform (11 Oct 2025) SCOTS DEMAND REAL LAND REFORM AS RESEARCH REVEALS OVERWHELMING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CHANGE Largest ever public consultation on land reform shows 78% want climate targets for large landowners, 67% back a land tax, 80% demand more community ownership, as MSPs face final opportunity to amend Bill The … Continue reading "Scots demand real land reform as research reveals overwhelming public support for change"| Raptor Persecution UK
As expected, the Scottish Government’s announcement on Thursday that it has delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing (for the second time) has been met with anger. Scottish Greens MSP…| Raptor Persecution UK
You couldn’t make this up if you tried… Breaking News….on the day the Scottish Government announced it was delaying, for a second time, the implementation of muirburn licensing after aggressive lobbying from the grouse shooting industry, news is coming in of what locals have described as an ‘out-of-control muirburn’ on a grouse moor on the … Continue reading "Breaking news….’out of control muirburn’ on grouse moor in Cairngorms National Park"| Raptor Persecution UK
The Scottish Government has, for the second time, delayed the implementation of muirburn licensing after caving in to pressure from aggressive lobbying by the grouse shooting industry. A quick re-cap for new blog readers: In March 2024, the Scottish Parliament voted for the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Bill, which introduced, amongst other things, a … Continue reading "Scottish Government delays start of muirburn licences (for the second time) after aggressive lobbying by gro...| Raptor Persecution UK
Following the recent collapse of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Bird of Prey Partnership (due to its failure to tackle crimes against birds of prey), and the news that since 2015, 29 Hen Harriers have gone ‘missing’ in suspicious circumstances and almost 40 other raptors have been found poisoned, trapped or shot in the Yorkshire … Continue reading "‘Eyes on the Skies’ – new campaign to raise awareness of raptor persecution in the Yorkshire Dales National Park"| Raptor Persecution UK
Press release from Police Scotland: APPEAL FOR INFORMATION FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF A BIRD OF PREY IN ABERDEENSHIRE Detectives are appealing for information after a bird of prey was poisoned in Aberdeenshire. On Saturday, 6 September, 2025 a member of the public found a dead sparrowhawk in a wooded area near to Lumphanan. Following enquiries, … Continue reading "Sparrowhawk killed with banned poison in Aberdeenshire – Police Scotland appeals for information"| Raptor Persecution UK
Media attention has been drawn to the Yorkshire Dales National Park this week, following the RSPB’s press release on the suspicious disappearance of a satellite-tagged Hen Harrier named ‘Sita’. When it comes to the illegal killing of birds of prey, the Yorkshire Dales National Park is rarely out of the news, and that’s hardly surprising … Continue reading "29 ‘missing’ Hen Harriers & nearly 40 birds of prey poisoned, trapped or shot in Yorkshire Dales National Park since 2015"| Raptor Persecution UK
Here’s another senior MSP who decided to disregard the three-year sanction imposed in June this year on Moy Estate after Police Scotland provided evidence to demonstrate wildlife crime had ta…| Raptor Persecution UK
