Freelance shooting journalist Matt Cross reflects on the suggestion by the RSPB and Chris Packham that as few as 100 people are responsible for raptor persecution in the UK.
An honest look at trophy hunting and the problems facing shooting in the UK following Defra's review.
The idea there is a wildlife apocalypse is hard for me to believe. One evening recently I was in the car with my two daughters driving back down the stretch of river I look after.
In April this year, a satellite tag fitted to a golden eagle called Adam made its last broadcast from a vehicle turning circle on a grouse moor in Perthshire.
I am almost a professional Wild Justice watcher. As a journalist and blogger, I have probably written more about them than anyone else. I knew them when they were just an entry on Companies House with their paperwork all in a mess, and I have watched their every move since. Despite all this, I was wrong about them.
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