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Exclusive: Restrictions on shot and bullets containing toxic metal to be phased in over three years from 2026Shotgun pellets and bullets that contain lead are to be banned for almost all uses, ministers have said, in a long-awaited announcement welcome…
Vow in 2020 aimed to keep shot out of human food chain but study finds most game carcasses still contain leadA voluntary promise to phase out toxic lead shot in the UK has failed, meaning wildlife and human health are being put at risk, a study has fou…
Leo Docherty, Foreign Office minister, says government ‘working at pace’ to hold those responsible for Russian opposition leader’s death to accountNo 10 has declined to repeat Kemi Badenoch’s claim that the former chair of the Post Office gave an inter…
Shooters, Fishers and Farmers party MP Jeff Bourman says ‘Hunters for the Hungry’ proposal will help deal with ballooning deer numbersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily new…
Exclusive: Legislation was blocked by small group of peers who tabled more than 60 amendmentsLabour has urged ministers to resurrect a bill banning the import of body parts of endangered animals hunted overseas, which was blocked by a small group of pe…
Ursula Von der Leyen calls for action as attacks on livestock prompt rise in complaints from farmersThe EU is to review the conservation status of wolves on the continent after a remarkable comeback of the carnivore species raised protests from farmers…
Activists say that whales will still suffer agonising deaths despite new regulations and monitoringAnimal rights groups and environmentalists have described as “hugely disappointing” the news that Iceland has given the green light for commercial whalin…
Electrical Trades Union boss Troy Gray says campaign to continue the activity will now expandFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastVictorian Labor MPs are set to b…
Wild Justice says government initiative to relocate broods away from grouse moors ‘rewards past crimes’ of illegal killingA £900,000 government scheme to “meddle” with nests of hen harriers is a waste of money and rewards those who kill them, a wildlif…
Trail hunts used as a loophole for unlawful chasing and killing of animals, Matt Longman tells campaignersEngland’s most senior police officer on foxhunting has said the law on the crime is “not working” because it permits trail hunts that have become …