Shooting Times & Country – 07 August 2019

(vip2019) #1

Wild Justice ‘parks’ action


New cabinet is a mixedbag


WildJusticehasputonhold
itsfinallegalchallengeto
thegenerallicences.After
thelicenceswerereissued
byDefra,thegroupdropped
itsoriginalchallengetothe
legalityofthelicences.
Campaignersinstead
begana newchallenge
focusedonthelicencethat
allowscontrolofcarrion
crowstoprotectgamebirds.
However,thatchallenge has
nowbeen‘parked’.
Ina curiousexplanation
ofitsdecision—which
contradicteditsprevious
claims—WildJusticeinsisted
thatit mayyetrelaunch the
legalchallenge.
Usinga curiousmotoring
analogy,theWildJusticeblog
said:“Soif ourlegalchallenge
is a car,wehaven’tscrapped
it.Infactit is almostfully
fuelled(thecrowdfunder),
thedriveris sittingatthe
wheelandtheengineis
revving. We are ready to


setoffagainata moment’s
notice.”Despitehaving
considerablefundingleftover
fromitsfailedgenerallicence
challenge,WildJusticehas
alsoannouncedit is releasing
a fundraising single.

Thesongaboutgrouse
shootingis beingperformed
byanindierockband,
thoughit is unclearif anyof
theorganisation’sdirectors
willbeperformingin
the recording.

BorisJohnson’snewcabinet
appearstobea mixedbagfor
fieldsportsenthusiasts.The
decisiontoreplaceMichael
Gove,whowasembroiled
in the general licences row,


waswidelywelcomed.Mr
Govehasmovedtooversee
preparationsfora no-deal
Brexitaschancellorofthe
DuchyofLancaster.His
position as environment

secretaryhasbeengivento
TheresaVilliers.Theformer
NorthernIrelandminister
is anoutspokensupporterof
thehuntingbanbutis alsoan
advocateofthebadgercull.
Thedecisiontorestore
GeorgeEusticetohis
previouspositionasminister
ofstateforagriculturehas
beenwidelywelcomed,with
TimBonnerdescribinghim
as“therightmanforthejob”.
ThenewsthatDumfries
andGallowayMPAlisterJack
hasbeenappointedsecretary
ofstateforScotlandwas
alsowelcomed.MrJack
is a reputedlyhighly skilled
gameShot.
MPSimonHarthaslefthis
positionwiththeCountryside
Allianceandtakenuptherole
asparliamentarysecretary
tothecabinetoffice.MrHart
hasbeena countrysports
enthusiastandadvocate
George Eustice has returned as minister of state for agriculture for many years.


Wild Justice has put its legal challenge over carrion crows on hold

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