Clip from @BBCWorld interview today. Key message: import bans on #trophyhunting are misguided and unfounded. They will likely do more harm than good for conservation. @OxfordBiology @UniofOxford @oxpolicyengaged @ICCS_updates @IWTnet @oxmartinschool @AmyDickman4 @AdamHartScience

Sheffield Wednesday are crying out for a big finisher up top. #SWFC 🦉⚽️

With everything that's changed at Wednesday, with everything that's happened over the summer, to lose in that way is sadly familiar... Boss the first half, don't score, concede from a set piece, lose. We've seen it before. 1-0 Bradford. #SWFC 🦉⚽️

Researchers explain that reverse listing is not a universal solution for regulating international wildlife trade and that effective policies need to be underpinned by robust evidence, sufficient resources, and consider impacts on wild species and people who depend on them. 3/3

A new paper examines ‘reverse listing’, an approach which would ban the harvest and trade in all wild species by default, unless they can be demonstrated to be ecologically sustainable. Commentary led by Dan Challender and WildCRU’s Amy Hinsley 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-0… 2/3

Regulating the use and trade of wild species remains a key challenge for conserving biodiversity, given at least 50,000 wild species are used for food, medicinal products, construction materials, and to support livelihoods globally. 1/3

Wouldn't it be good if all the heat and smoke generated over these bans - which successive governments have now realised will do harm and quietly shelved - was devoted to actual conservation?

Great to have this letter out in tomorrow's Guardian - in reply to rampant misinformation from Ban Trophy Hunting. With @AmyDickman4 @DanChallender @dilysroe theguardian.com/environment/…

Sheffield Wednesday must be given a fair hearing. We are calling for independent scrutiny before any 15-point deduction is imposed. The current process lacks transparency and a clear route to appeal. Read the full statement on our website. swfctrust.co.uk/swfc-support… #FairDealForWednesday #swfc

The man who wants to rescue Sheffield Wednesday, American businessman David Storch, says he has been “informed that a 15-point penalty is set to be imposed at the start of next season” in League One. The outgoing owner Dejphon Chansiri should hang his head in shame at the damage he has inflicted on Sheffield Wednesday. He can’t have a conscience. Otherwise he’d accept a compromise on bid price.  The EFL should have been tougher with Chansiri quicker. The FA should remember it is supposed to be custodians of the game and protect clubs. The importance of an Independent Football Regulator, much delayed by vested interests, is highlighted again by events at Wednesday.  At the moment, the people being punished at Wednesday are fans, players, staff and the man who wants to save them. Shameful situation engulfing a historic club which could have been avoided with stronger leadership by the authorities. And Chansiri locating some principles. #SWFC

Well that couldn’t have started any worse, could it. #SWFC 🦉⚽️

Agreed. And in my opinion, whoever takes over, investment in the core infrastructure is a bigger priority than on-field towards putting #SWFC back on its feet.

Apply now for the first in-person Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade! The application deadline is 30th January 2026 at 23.59pm UK time. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… @cbcrgh @DanChallender @orchiddelirium

🚨Good morning. Still trying to retrieve my old account but am told the odds are against me. 29k followers. In the mud. In the meantime, please FOLLOW and RT to help claw me back a readership. I’m quite strongly addicted to this steaming hellhole of an app and frankly require the serotonin. You may receive Sheffield Wednesday news and appalling jokes in return. Many thanks. #SWFC🦉

Do international wildlife trade bans always protect species? Conservation scientist Dr @DanChallender explores why some trade controls succeed, others fail, and what needs to change after CoP20. Read more: oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/blog/h…

"Conservation will be aided by the adoption of a West Africa #conservation action plan." Dan Challender, CITES focal point for the IUCN SSC Pangolin Specialist Group on the importance of the first-ever regional action plan for West African pangolins launched at #CITESCoP20.

Follow and retweet if you want this logo back as the official SWFC logo #swfc

It still hasn’t properly sunk in the Dejphon Chansiri era is effectively over at #SWFC. Everything has happened so quickly. Everyone knows there’s a lot more pain to come. It will take time to clean up the mess left by DC, but the club can rebuild and come back stronger. 🦉⚽️

Together as one 🦉

Go on admin @swfc ….. I dare you. I triple dare you!!!!!

To my astonishment I’m almost spot on, it seems. Official attendance 7,081. By that reckoning (with #Boro selling 3,699 tickets) the away support did outweigh the home. Would mean #SWFC had 3,381 supporters in the stadium.