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MA is an English ornithologist, conservationist, environmental campaigner, author and former director of the RSPB. He has campaigned on issues surrounding gr moors; HH;; and in launched an epetition in 2015 which forced a debate by the Houses of Parliament Petitions cttee.[1][2]
Inglorious: [3]
Ban DGS: [4]
"Mr Avery told a parliamentary committee hearing this month that only a ban would tackle the problems from an “intransigent industry” stuck in the Victorian age."[5]
He worked as the RSPB's conservation director for thirteen years[6][7]
Argumnet against US concerns over cats impacts on wildlife: [8]
MPs to debate ban on grouse shooting: Quoted text: Mark Avery, a campaigner and former head of the RSPB, launched the petition in March with backing from broadcasters Chris Packham and Bill Oddie, and the League Against Cruel Sports, calling for grouse shooting to be banned because he said it often leads to the illegal killing of birds of prey, which eat red grouse - end- [9]
Biography
editAs a boy he grew up in Bristol, and went to Bristol Grammar School where his interest and fasination with birds was first awakened, and was a member of school's Young Ornithologists’ Club. He trained as a scientist and he studied Biological Sciences at Oxford University, and Conservation at UCL. He worked for 25 years at the UK’s Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and was its Conservation Director for 12 years before retiring to work freelance. He now lives in rural Northamptonshire.[10]
- Lived
- Studied (Phd)
- Research
Campaigns
editDGS
editHHDay
editPublications
editBooks
edit- Remarkable Birds
- Inglorious – conflict in the uplands.
- A Message from Martha – the extinction of the passenger pigeon and its relevance today.
- Behind the Binoculars – interviews with acclaimed birdwatchers
- Fighting for birds – 25 years in Nature conservation
Other
edit- Peak Malpractice
Honours
editCampaign of the year
External Links
editReferences
edit- ^ Heighton, Luke (13 August 2016). "MPs could debate grouse shooting ban, as more than 100,000 sign petition". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Glaze, Ben (14 August 2016). "Grouse shooting ban petition crosses crunch 100k mark". The Mirror. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Attlee, James (30 July 2015). "Inglorious: Conflict in the Uplands by Mark Avery, book review: The grouse-shooting season as exposed as not so glorious". www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Peters, Charlotte. "Ex-RSPB conservation director says driven grouse shooting should be banned". www.shootinguk.co.uk. The Shooting Times. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Tighe, Chris (31 October 2016). "Feathers fly ahead of grouse shooting debate in parliament". The Financial Times. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Bowern, WMNP (7 June 2016). "BBC under fire as Countryfile backs conservation benefits of game shooting". The Herald. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Milton, Nicholas (31 October 2016). "The RSPB is wrong not to back a ban on driven grouse shooting". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Davis, Nicola (21 September 2016). "Miaow! Row over harm done by domestic cats sends fur flying". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ Vaughan, Adam (7 September 2016). "MPs to debate ban on grouse shooting". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ^ GrrlScientist (29 October 2014). "A message from Martha by Mark Avery - review". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 December 2016.