To get a flavour of the type of debate that our e-petition on banning driven grouse shooting might receive, have a look at the transcript of the Westminster Hall debate on badger culling. I sat in the debate last week, on Wednesday afternoon, as a member of the public. This debate on badger culling had…
Author: Mark
Born Bristol, UK
Educated: Cleeve House School Bristol, Bristol Grammar School and Downing College Cambridge
Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Winter activity of pipistrelle bats.
NERC post-doctoral Research Fellow, Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University
Former Conservation Director of the RSPB, 1989-2011
The APPG on Shooting (and Conservation)
At the second time of asking the Public Enquiry Point for the APPG for Shooting (and Conservation) came up with a list of its members. Thank you. It would be wrong necessarily to expect that every person on this list is an active, keen and accomplished shooter of wildlife, but some certainly are. The members…
121,000+ and just over a week to go
With a whole week and whatever remains of today, Tuesday, to go before our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting closes, here is how the constituencies with over 300 signatures stand: Calder Valley 859 High Peak 554 Bristol West 510 Ross, Skye and Lochaber 505 Ribble Valley 479 Derbyshire Dales 473 Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and…
Calling the Calder Valley constituency!
Dear Calder Valley constituents I’d like to thank you for your support for my e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. Your constituency has provided the largest number of signatures supporting my e-petition – over 850 signatures with just over a week to go. I guess that the reason that support has been so strong from…
Chris Packham interviews Paul Irving
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Chris Packham interviews Paul Irving – an experienced raptor worker in the north of England. To add your name to the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting please sign here.