Fury As Councillors End Shooting On Ilkley Moor

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Bradford Council’s Labour Group has refused to renew the grouse shooting lease on Ilkley Moor in a move shooting groups claimed was made to appease the animal rights lobby.

Bradford Labour has majority on the council and a decision to renew the lease rested in its hands. The lease had been held by the Bingley Moor Partnership since 2008 and a renewal would have secured shooting until 2023.

The decision follows extensive campaigning by the anti-shooting Ban Bloodsports on Ilkley Moor, which sought to end the moor’s status as the last remaining council-owned moor on which grouse shooting takes place.