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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Patrick Barkham

EXPLAINED: Environmental activist steps back from the fight disappointed by labour so far | Vintage Vibes

Chris Packham holds a banner that says 'We're Missing Our Hen harriers' while standing with Mark Avery at a rally
Mark Avery (right), who along with Chris Packham (left) and Ruth Tingay co-founded Wild Justice six years ago. Photograph: Matthew Taylor/REX/Shutterstock

If government ministers and civil servants are grey squirrels, they may think they can rest easy – the predatory pine marten in the Westminster jungle is leaving them in peace.

A campaigner who has “created a landscape of fear” over the authorities’ failure to protect nature is stepping back from Wild Justice to spend more time with the wildlife – and grandchildren – in his garden.

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