Yesterday our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting passed 31,000 signatures. Thank you to everyone who has signed, shared and helped. The ‘100 Club’ of constituencies with at least 100 signatures: Calder Valley 179 signatures – Craig Whittaker MP, CON Ross, Skye, Lochaber 155 signatures – Ian Blackford MP, SNP Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and…
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
Cry God for Henry, England and St George!
Yesterday was, of course, St George’s Day, Shakespeare’s birthday and Shakespeare’s death day too. So what would be more appropriate than the quote above? Henry, and a group of close friends, gathered in the Peak District to celebrate the day, the achievement of 30,000 signatures for our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting, and the…
Press release issued yesterday
Government slammed for ignoring tax payers’ voices as it defends grouse shooting interests using dubious industry data The government’s response to a petition calling for driven grouse shooting to be banned is dismissive, poorly considered and influenced by vested commercial interests, say leading wildlife advocates Dr Mark Avery, Bill Oddie OBE and Chris Packham and…
Newsletters
Do you have a newsletter that would publish an article on driven grouse shooting before 20 September? Perhaps a Bird Club? A Natural History Society? A WI group? Whatever… I’d be happy to provide something in order to spread the word. What I need from you is: a deadline a word limit information about the…
A slap in the face from Defra to the public
In a breathtaking example of arrogance, Defra has merely cut and pasted their response to a previous e-petition as their response to our current e-petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. All the things that were wrong with their previous response are wrong with their current response. We know that ministers sign off…