Bradford Council’s Labour Group
votes by overwhelming majority to not renew grouse shooting rights for Ilkley
Moor, a move that has been strongly welcomed by wildlife campaigners.
Bradford Councillors voted to not
renew controversial grouse shooting rights for Ilkley Moor at City Hall
tonight. The decision, which was taken by the Bradford Labour Group, is
understood to have been supported by an ‘overwhelming majority’ of those
councillors who voted.
Bradford Labour is the largest
party on the Council and ending grouse shooting is also backed by Bradford
Liberal Democrats, Bradford Green Party and the majority of Independent
councillors.
Ban Bloodsports on Ilkley Moor
(BBIM), which has lobbied Bradford Council to end grouse shooting on the moor
since its formation in May 2014, has strongly welcomed the move. The group
notes that over half of protected breeding bird species have declined or become
locally extinct on Ilkley Moor, government figures collated by the RSPB
Northern England office show. It has urged for efforts to now be focused on
reversing the wildlife crash, which has negatively impacted on the moor’s
population of specialist species, including Merlin, Dunlin and Short Eared Owl,
could result in the loss of the site’s conservation designations if declines
continue.
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