Campaigners will urge local election candidates to back an end to grouse shooting on Ilkley Moor during a protest outside Bradford City Hall this Saturday. Ban Bloodsports on Ilkley Moor has the backing of election candidates from three different parties. BBIM spokesperson Luke Steele told the Yorkshire Post: “Bradford Council allows grouse shooting on Ilkley Moor at a great cost. The reckless practice harms wildlife, including declining meadow pipit, dunlin and birds of prey, degrades rare peatland bog and pollutes the public land with toxic lead shot. We ask election candidates to be a symbol of hope for Ilkley Moor’s wildlife by backing an end to grouse shooting.”