No further action will be taken over the shooting of two rare birds of prey on royal land last month, it was announced today to the disappointment of conservation charities. Three witnesses, including a warden for Natural England, claim they saw two hen harriers shot out of the sky over the Queen’s Sandringham estate, in Norfolk, on the evening of October 24. Police interviewed Prince Harry after the royal family admitted he had been out shooting in the area with two friends that evening. However, Clarence House said he knew nothing about the incident.
The alleged incident raised concern among conservationists about practices at Sandringham, leading some to question the Queen’s role as patron of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Last year, one of the Queen’s gamekeepers at Sandringham was fined £500 for trapping a tawny owl.
Grumpy From Birth But Vegan Since 1976
Welcome to Grumpy Vegan
- Kim Stallwood is an independent scholar and author on animal rights. His forthcoming book, Animal Dharma, explores what it means to care deeply about animals. Starting in 1976, he has held leadership positions with some of the world’s foremost organisations in the UK and US, including CIWF, BUAV, PETA, The Animals’ Agenda, Animals and Society Institute and Minding Animals International. A vegetarian since 1974 when as a student he worked in a chicken slaughterhouse. A vegan since 1976. His evil twin is the Grumpy Vegan.
