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20,000 signatures!
Thank you to all who have signed and thank you to those people, mostly individuals rather than organisations, who have promoted this e-petition since it was launched.
This e-petition was launched on 28 May and so our journey together has, so far, lasted less than seven months.
It has been signed by an average of around 90 people a day and has largely been promoted through social media.
We haven’t yet saved a single Hen Harrier, or reduced water bills for anyone, or saved a square centimetre of blanket bog from over-burning, or reduced greenhouse gas emissions from eroded peat, but we have highlighted the problem, the issues and proposed a perfectly serious solution.
To achieve change on the ground we first need to change people’s thoughts. Our e-petition has done that, and every milestone passed, rams home the message.
Thank you again. It’s a milestone, not journey’s end.
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This is great news, a great effort from all involved. Let’s keep pushing.
That’s the style! Never had any doubt you’d get the 20,000.
congratulations Mark
Well done Mark! Keep at it…
EXCELLENT NEWS
Here’s to continued momentum Mark, well done lad! 😉
Here’s to the organisations getting behind individuals rather than the expectation that individuals will always support organisations, where’s the collective collaborative?
Superb Mark! A nice early xmas present for many and a kick up the arse for those that need to get their house in order.
Super job Mark, keep up the pressure. And while I’m here, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and everyone else who reads this excellent blog.
That’s just 10,000 fewer than those that enjoy this “sport” annually. I wonder if they would be prepared to sign a petition in opposition? If so I’d love to have a look at all the names on there.
Very many congratulations Mark. Well done and I am sure there are a lot more to come.
Well done Mark. What we need now is a big name to involved with raptor persecution, and to be made an example of e.g. a jail sentence