If you had a guess at how many signatures our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting will achieve before it closes on 21 January then your name should be on this list. If your name is in red, then I’m afraid events have already passed you by – but thank you for being a sport…
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
Thank you Wales
Considering that our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is aimed at the Westminster government and refers to England, I am touched that it has 1300+ signatures from the people of Wales, the land of my mother (not my fathers). All UK residents are entitled to sign the e-petition and so I’d like to encourage…
29,000 and counting!
Our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting has just moved past the 29,000 signature barrier. I’m very hopeful that in the 10 days up to and including (at least some of) 21 January, we will pass 30,000 too. There are now 16 constituencies where more than 100 people have signed to ban driven grouse shooting….
My NGO disinvestment policy
You might remember the list of New Year resolutions I suggested. Did you adopt any of them? Have you kept any of them? Did you try #4 – review the wildlife NGOs of which you are a member, and dump the low performers? I’ve taken that a bit further. I’ve cancelled all my Direct Debits…
Guest blog – What have we learned from Langholm? by Dr Ruth Tingay
Dr Ruth Tingay is a raptor conservationist with field experience from North & Central America, Europe, Africa, Central and SE Asia. She studied the critically endangered Madagascar Fish Eagle for a PhD at Nottingham University and is a past president of the Raptor Research Foundation. She’s currently researching the illegal persecution of raptors & its…