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Queen under pressure to abandon grouse shooting on Royal estates
Environmental groups say grouse shooting encourages damaging environmental practices
6 February 2021 • 5:00pm
The Queen owns grouse moors on her Whitewell Estate in the Forest of Bowland and on the North York Moors
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The Queen is under pressure to turn her back on grouses shooting across the Royal estates amid growing concern over its impact on the environment.
The Queen owns grouse moors on her Whitewell Estate in the Forest of Bowland and on the North York Moors, including Goathland Estate, via her Duchy of Lancaster.
Environmental groups say grouse shooting encourages damaging practices, including the burning of carbon-storing peatlands, and threatens wildlife and biodiversity.
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Advocates of the burning say it protects areas from wildfires, and that differently aged heathers protect threatened ground-nesting birds.
But some experts argue burning makes the land vulnerable to fires, destroys habitats and increases flood risks.
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