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Last year we gathered in Priory Gardens to protest against the horrific catapult attacks happening in the park and across the borough. Animals from pigeons, swans, ducks and geese to foxes and squirrels, including red listed species like starlings, have been left bleeding and dying in the grass on a near daily basis. Even people’s pets, cats in their own driveways and dogs being walked in local parks, have been targeted in the local area. The culprits are so brazen, videos of

Today, Greenwich Wildlife Network volunteers stood inside the UK Parliament to speak directly to those with the power to change the law. We brought with us the reality we see on the ground - animals shot, maimed and killed with catapults in our parks and streets - and made sure their suffering was heard in the highest office of the country. As members of the Target Crime Not Wildlife (TCNW) coalition founded by Naturewatch Foundation, a charity working to strengthen animal w

Naturewatch Foundation have managed to secure a parliamentary drop-in event on Tuesday 3 March 2026 to address the rapidly escalating issue of catapult attacks on wildlife, pets, people and property in the South East and beyond. This event is being sponsored by Max Wilkinson MP. This is a really important opportunity, but to make it as effective as possible we need MPs to attend. For too long groups of youths have been able to commit horrific acts of animal cruelty with cat

Did you catch the BBC iPlayer documentary about the rising tide of violence against wildlife, by groups of youths armed with catapults? It’s called On the Front Line: Catapult Crime – Killing for Fun . Joining Greenwich Wildlife Network founder and director, Rae is brilliant GWN waterbird rescue volunteer Chris, who has been tirelessly rescuing the many animals left broken by these attacks. If you want to understand how and why this campaign began, the documentary explains