“Why should wildlife lose to businesses underpinned by criminal activity?” – Mark Carwardine on driven grouse shooting, BBC Wildlife Magazine

“Why should wildlife lose to businesses underpinned by criminal activity?” – Mark Carwardine on driven grouse shooting, BBC Wildlife Magazine

Kudos to zoologist, author, photographer and broadcaster Mark Carwardine for having the courage to take on driven grouse shooting in his latest opinion piece for BBC Wildlife Magazine. Too few of the ‘big names’ in wildlife/nature conservation are prepared to stand up and speak out on this issue (with a handful of exceptions). Mark can be forgiven for repeating the myth that ‘the UK has 75% of the world’s heather moorland’ (for a forensic debunk…