Inglorious : conflict in the uplands / Mark Avery.
By: Avery, Mark (Mark I.) [author.]
.Publisher: London : Bloomsbury Wildlife, 2016Edition: Updated edition.Description: 320 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781472973290; 9781472917416; 9781472917243.Subject(s): Grouse shooting -- Great Britain | Grouse shooting -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great BritainDDC classification: 179.3 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 179.3 AVE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 022365 |
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| 177.6209 STE Friendship & betrayal : | 177.7 HOW How compassion can transform our politics, economy and society / | 179 GUN Robot rights / | 179.3 AVE Inglorious : conflict in the uplands / | 179.3 BIC Trophy hunting / | 179.3 BUL Food and animal welfare / | 179.3 COC Should animals have political rights? / |
The harrier harried -- A short introduction to grouse shooting -- Langholm : the end of the beginning -- The battle lines are drawn -- The beginning of the end : 2014 -- The sunlit uplands -- End game -- Another year of progress.
"Driven grouse shooting is a peculiarly British fieldsport, one that is deeply rooted in the class system. Grouse shooting is big business, and backed by powerful and wealthy lobbying groups, its tendrils run throughout British society. 'Inglorious' makes the case for banning driven grouse shooting.Teh facts and arguments are presented fairly, but the author, MArk Avery, states from teh start why he has come down in favour of an outright ban. The book alos recounts Avery's campaign alongside Chris Packham to publicise the effects of grouse-shooting, culminating in 'Hen Harrier Day', a celebration of upland birds that coincided with the 'Glorious' 12th. Ever-controversial, Mark Avery brings the debate about fieldsports and the countryside into sharp focus in a book that all British conservationists will want to read, with new material in this edition bringing the story right up to date."-- Taken from back cover.