# pheasant (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover pheasant. Page: Feed: --- ## [Stuck, Alone, and Terrified](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/stuck-alone-and-terrified) _2026-08-26 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ Over the past few months we have been publishing analysis of undercover footage obtained on so-called ‘game farms’ across England. ## [“Straight in the bin”](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/straight-in-the-bin) _2026-08-25 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ Disposal of live waste on a ‘game farm’ ## [URGENT: Support animal advocates wrongfully arrested by the Met Police](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/urgent-support-animal-advocates-wrongfully-arrested-by-the-met-police/) _2026-08-24 · Eliza Egret · Protect the Wild_ Nine women are taking action against the Metropolitan Police after being wrongfully arrested and mistreated by the force. The women, aged between 20 and 64, were arrested at an Animal Rising training event during the King’s coronation in 2023. Police claimed that the animal advocates planned to disrupt the coronation, even though they were miles \[…\] ## [“Like Tipping Potatoes Onto a Shop Floor”](https://protectthewild.org.uk/shooting-2/like-tipping-potatoes-onto-a-shop-floor/) _2026-08-23 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ A few weeks ago we published footage from inside a pheasant hatchery, showing workers ‘sorting’ very young chicks and dropping them onto a moving conveyor belt – treated, as we put it, as “just one more item to be sorted, moved, processed.” Readers probably hoped that was the worst of it. It wasn’t. What follows \[…\] ## [Exposed Again: Hunts, Setts, and the Trail Hunting Lie](https://protectthewild.org.uk/fox-hunting/exposed-again-hunts-setts-and-the-trail-hunting-lie/) _2026-08-23 · Charlotte Smith · Protect the Wild_ Footage from Welsh Border Wildlife Protectors adds to growing evidence of systemic wildlife crime by hunts across the country. On the 24/10/2025, Welsh Border Wildlife Protectors (WBWP) caught the Flint and Denbigh Hunt on camera filling in an active sett. A tale as old as time, and one hunts still try to deny, despite video \[…\] ## [‘Bits’: A Piece of Plastic Jammed Into a Young Face](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/bits-a-piece-of-plastic-jammed-into) _2026-08-21 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ And it’s lawful. ## [Scottish campaigns unite in protest, calling for AI data centre moratorium](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/scottish-campaigns-unite-in-protest-calling-for-ai-data-centre-moratorium/) _2026-08-21 · Tom Anderson · Protect the Wild_ Campaigners are set to hold a protest calling for a full moratorium on the building of AI data centres in Scotland at 11.30am on 3 September outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Campaigners in Scotland are joining together for a protest against AI data centres on 3 September. 14 grassroots groups from local communities organising \[…\] ## [Left to Starve in a Cage: The Shooting Industry’s Sickening Treatment of Wild Magpies](https://protectthewild.org.uk/shooting/left-to-starve-in-a-cage-the-shooting-industrys-sickening-treatment-of-wild-magpies/) _2026-08-19 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Over the past few months we have been publishing analysis of undercover footage obtained on so-called ‘game farms’ across England. We began by looking at the sheer scale of the shooting industry, and how the adult birds (not every bird, but far too many) are sometimes treated. We’ve also looked briefly at how enormous numbers \[…\] ## [57 Miles for Wildlife! Hull Wildlife Protectors are walking the Humber river so wildlife has somewhere to turn.](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/57-miles-for-wildlife-hull-wildlife-protectors-are-walking-the-humber-river-so-wildlife-has-somewhere-to-turn/) _2026-08-18 · Charlotte Smith · Protect the Wild_ Hull Wildlife Protectors spend much of their time out in the field, monitoring their local hunt, the Holderness Hunt and the Brocklesby Hunt, for wildlife crime. But when they’re not treking through fields after men on horses, they turn that same energy to raising vital funds for the local rehabbers who keep wildlife alive. Donate \[…\] ## [Inglorious Complicity: There is nothing 'glorious' about serving up grouse...](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/inglorious-complicity-there-is-nothing) _2026-08-17 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ ...and nothing ethical about cherry-picking where you source it ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MFfmRfPik2oq) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [Tiny, Terrified and Treated Like Products: Inside a Pheasant Hatchery](https://protectthewild.org.uk/shooting/tiny-terrified-and-treated-like-products-inside-a-pheasant-hatchery/) _2026-08-15 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Over the past few months we have been publishing analysis of undercover footage obtained on so-called ‘game farms’ across England. We began by looking at the sheer scale of the shooting industry, then how adult birds (not every bird, but far too many) are sometimes treated, and the enormous numbers of eggs collected and washed \[…\] ## [Not So Glorious Anymore](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/not-so-glorious-anymore) _2026-08-12 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ Tracking the media's retreat from unquestioning support for grouse shooting ## [The Inglorious Twelfth - nothing to celebrate](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/the-inglorious-twelfth-nothing-to) _2026-08-11 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ But there could be a better future... ## [Two Estates, Two Dead Raptors, and a “Punishment” With No Teeth](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/two-estates-two-dead-raptors-and) _2026-08-10 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ AKA "When is a ban not really a ban?" - when it's a restriction on General Licences ## [Tell the Scottish Government: Outlaw the Guga Hunt](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/tell-the-scottish-government-outlaw-the-guga-hunt/) _2026-08-10 · Devon Docherty · Protect the Wild_ One week ago, NatureScot rejected the 2026 Guga hunt licence. Now comes the bigger fight: making sure it never returns. The timing could not be more important. Right now, the Scottish Government is setting its priorities for the year ahead, which will be announced when Parliament returns from summer recess in just a few weeks. \[…\] ## [Why don’t we prosecute? Because the law and the evidence don’t quite meet.](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/why-dont-we-prosecute-because-the) _2026-08-07 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ We are regularly asked why more of what we film doesn’t end in a courtroom. ## [Sorting - a split second 'examination' deciding life or death...](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/sorting-a-split-second-examination) _2026-08-05 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ Over the past few months we have been publishing analysis of undercover footage obtained on so-called ‘game farms’ across England. ## [Just one more item to be sorted, moved, processed.](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/just-one-more-item-to-be-sorted-moved) _2026-08-03 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ Pheasants bred for shooting start life being chucked on to a conveyor belt... ## [URGENT: Borough Market must cancel plans to shoot pigeons](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/urgent-borough-market-must-cancel-plans-to-shoot-pigeons/) _2026-08-02 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Reports suggest pigeons at one of London’s best-known markets could be shot tomorrow morning. Borough Market must intervene and choose humane, lasting solutions instead. We have received deeply concerning reports that pigeons at Borough Market are due to be shot at 10am tomorrow. Protect the Wild is calling on Borough Market’s management to cancel any \[…\] ## [24 Hours Until Final Guga Hunt Decision – Just 12 people will decide fate of 2,000 Gannets.](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/24-hours-until-final-guga-hunt-decision-just-12-people-will-decide-fate-of-2000-gannets/) _2026-08-02 · Devon Docherty · Protect the Wild_ This is it. Our final chance to stop the Guga hunt going ahead this year. And with just 24 hours until NatureScot’ decision, you’d think I’d be feeling more optimistic. After all, the latest scientific assessment shows the Guga hunt would decimate Sula Sgeir’s Gannet population, and both their licensing and Marine Ornithology teams have \[…\] ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FNOrZi2lAihe) _2026-08-02 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [Northern Ireland starts trapping and killing badgers, despite little evidence it works – Eye on the Wild #10](https://protectthewild.org.uk/news/breaking-news/northern-ireland-starts-trapping-and-killing-badgers-despite-little-evidence-it-works-eye-on-the-wild-10/) _2026-07-31 · Eliza Egret · Protect the Wild_ Welcome to the tenth edition of Eye on the Wild, our new weekly roundup designed to keep you up to date with the latest stories concerning British wildlife. If you have a story you think we should cover, email us at contact@protectthewild.org.uk Badgers in parts of Northern Ireland are now being trapped and tested \[…\] ## [Could YOU Be a Campaigner / Content Creator for End Bird Shooting?](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/could-you-be-a-campaigner-content) _2026-07-31 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ We're serious about ending bird shooting. Are you? ## [Fireworks are terrifying wildlife. Take action now to ban them!](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/fireworks-are-terrifying-wildlife-take-action-now-to-ban-them/) _2026-07-30 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ The government has launched a public consultation on fireworks, asking for views on issues including noise limits, banned products, and the rules around sale and use. It’s a rare opportunity to tell the government directly that the harm fireworks cause to wildlife can no longer be ignored. At Protect the Wild, our position is clear: \[…\] ## [Guga hunt licence set to be REFUSED](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/guga-hunt-licence-set-to-be-refused/) _2026-07-29 · Devon Docherty · Protect the Wild_ If you haven’t already seen the news on our social media, NatureScot has published the papers for its upcoming board meeting on 3 August, and its own licensing and marine ornithology experts have made a clear recommendation: The 2026 Guga hunt licence should be refused. I hesitate to celebrate too soon, but this almost certainly \[…\] ## [A Slow Death in a Cage](https://endbirdshooting.substack.com/p/a-slow-death-in-a-cage) _2026-07-28 · End Bird Shooting · End Bird Shooting_ What Two Larsen Traps Reveal About the Shooting Industry and General Licences ## [The new Defra Secretary must not hand the hunts a new loophole.](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/the-new-defra-secretary-must-not-hand-the-hunts-a-new-loophole/) _2026-07-27 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Andy Burnham has appointed the aptly named Angela Eagle as head of Defra. For anyone who cares about ending the cruelty of hunting, this is a moment of real opportunity. Eagle has a genuine anti-hunting record, with knowledge of exactly how hunts behave. So we are calling on her to examine new evidence, outlined below, \[…\] ## [Eye on the Wild #9: Reform-led Council votes to push ahead with destroying ancient woodland](https://protectthewild.org.uk/news/eye-on-the-wild-9-reform-led-council-votes-to-push-ahead-with-destroying-ancient-woodland/) _2026-07-25 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Welcome to the ninth edition of Eye on the Wild, our new weekly roundup designed to keep you up to date with the latest stories concerning British wildlife. If you have a story you think we should cover, email us at contact@protectthewild.org.uk Reform-led Council votes to push ahead with destroying ancient woodland Kent County \[…\] ## [Thrown Away Alive: What our investigator found in a skip full of pheasant eggs](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/thrown-away-alive-what-our-investigator-found-in-a-skip-full-of-pheasant-eggs/) _2026-07-20 · Protect the Wild · Protect the Wild_ Over the past few months we have been publishing analysis of undercover footage obtained on so-called ‘game farms’ across England. We began by looking at the sheer scale of the shooting industry, and how the adult birds (not every bird, but far too many) are sometimes treated. We’ve also looked briefly at how enormous numbers \[…\] [Listen](https://protectthewild.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/LIVE-CHICK-CAMBRIAN-BIRDS.mp4) ## [End the Guga Hunt Campaign Heads to Lush Stores](https://protectthewild.org.uk/campaign/end-the-guga-hunt-campaign-heads-to-lush-stores/) _2026-07-19 · Devon Docherty · Protect the Wild_ What happens when you spend four days asking complete strangers whether baby Gannets should still be beaten to death in the name of tradition? You discover just how ready people are for change. After seeing the work we’ve been doing to end the Guga Hunt, Lush invited us into their stores to raise awareness of \[…\] ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5hA5Keoup0yd) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [Church of England votes AGAINST rewilding: Eye on the Wild #8](https://protectthewild.org.uk/news/church-of-england-votes-against-rewilding-eye-on-the-wild-8/) _2026-07-17 · Charlie Moores · Protect the Wild_ Welcome to the eighth edition of Eye on the Wild, our new weekly roundup designed to keep you up to date with the latest stories concerning British wildlife. If you have a story you think we should cover, email us at contact@protectthewild.org.uk The Church of England has voted AGAINST a plan to rewild 30% of \[…\]