Monday, August 03, 2020
LAKE AND SEA MONSTER NEWS
BIG CAT ROUND UP
The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper-column inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we are publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in.
The worldwide mystery cat phenomenon (or group of phenomena, if we are to be more accurate) is not JUST about cryptozoology. At its most basic level it is about the relationship between our species and various species of larger cat. That is why sometimes you will stories here that appear to have nothing to do with cryptozoology but have everything to do with human/big cat interaction. As committed Forteans, we believe that until we understand the nature of these interactions, we have no hope of understanding the truth that we are seeking.
- INDIA: Another leopard in another well
- INDIA: Tiger Came Across A Huge Python In Karnataka
- USA, NEVADA: Mountain lion returns to Spring Mountains after weekend trip to Summerlin
Wild Justice 31 - general licences in Wales
Good morning!
We have just had some good news. This
morning we heard from our legal team that the Hon Mr Justice Griffiths
has granted us permission for judicial review of Natural Resources
Wales's (NRW's) general licences - we are going to court!
Moreover, we have been granted an expedited hearing which is excellent.
This challenge is to the legality of
NRW's general licences authorising the killing of a variety of bird
species as 'pests' or for nature conservation purposes. See these posts
on the Wild Justice blog for more details if you are interested in the
technicalities - see here, here, here and here. This challenge is, thanks to you, fully funded - see here.
We don't know when this case will come to court but some time in the autumn looks likely.
Mr Justice Griffiths refused BASC’s
(British Association for Shooting and Conservation's) application to be
added as an Interested Party 'because the Defendant [NRW] and Secretary of State [DEFRA, as an Interested Party] sufficiently
represent the interests engaged by the claim and can advance the
evidence and arguments to oppose it. The addition of BASC as a further
Interested Party is neither necessary nor desirable and would only serve
to increase the costs and prolong the proceedings.'. We expect BASC, having blown one gasket (see here)
to blow another one on this correct characterisation of their value to
these proceedings; neither necessary nor desirable. We wonder what the
BASC membership will make of this as undoubtedly BASC will have incurred
staff and legal costs already in getting
nowhere...
Still, we mustn't gloat...
These legal cases often seem quite
long drawn out affairs. And then news, often good news (but it won't
always be good news) pops out all of a sudden. It's a good way to start
the week. We wanted you, our supporters to be the first to know. We'll
put this information on our blog later in the day.
That's all for now.
Wild Justice (Directors: Mark Avery, Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay).
BIGFOOT NEWS IN BRIEF
Now, we are doing the same for the BHM Study Group, curated by Glen Vaudrey and Nathan Jackson
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The Gonzo Daily - Monday/Tuesday
Corinna is particularly unwell today so I make no apologies for having not done all I usually do...
But we do have a new episode of OTT
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Like so much else in our uncertain world, you might have thought that the new Gonzo Web Radio website was never going to arrive. Well, there were times that I felt the same way. However, I’m happy to say that a beta version of it is now available for your perusal. It is even optimised to work on both computers and phones. Check it out at the address above, and let me know what you think in the comments.
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YER EDITOR SEZ: THE DIGITAL PRAYER FLAG
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In yet another singularly non-standard issue we discuss what is going to happen next? Is the new normal anything like the old normal? Are we facing Utopia or Dystopia? Tom Vague looks at the sound of the Westway over the past half century, Alan pursues signs of the times, Jon rants about Dickens, and Roger Daltrey, and Graham has news about Hawkwind. And is there more? You can bet your pondos there is.
And there are radio shows from Mack Maloney and Friday Night Progressive, AND Merrell Fankhauser, and the Real Music Club, but no sign of Strange Fruit this week, there is a column from Kev Rowland, and one from Tony Klinger but Mr Biffo, Neil Nixon, C J Stone, PAART and Roy Weard, are on hiatus. There is also a collection of more news, reviews, views, interviews and di8bblers who have got the blues (OK, nothing to do with tiny marsupials who are listening to the new Bob Dylan album, but I got carried away with things that rhymed with OOOOS) than you can shake a stick at. And the best part is IT's ABSOLUTELY FREE!!!
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NEWS FROM NOWHERE: Monday/Tuesday
ON THIS DAY IN - 1492 - Christopher Columbus left Palos, Spain with three ships. The voyage led him to what is now known as the Americas. He reached the Bahamas on October 12.
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk
AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day)