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  Alan Stewart, former police officer and current author, says; ‘I used to help with grouse beating and occasionally shoot grouse. The wildlife crime I encountered on driven grouse moors while a police wildlife crime officer, especially on those intensive moors managed by sporting agents, and the almost impossibility of obtaining a conviction, convinced me…

  Chris Luffingham, Campaigns Director of the League Against Cruel Sports says: ‘Driven grouse shooting is essentially a series of massacres in which up to 700,000 birds are shot on moorland each year, according to the shooting industry’s own figures. It causes a huge amount of unnecessary suffering with many grouse being shot and wounded…

  Mark Cocker, author and naturalist, says: ‘The moral and environmental case against driven-grouse shooting is now unassailable. It is a matter of time before the politics catches up with these values. Gavin Gamble’s e-petition creates a fair wind for this to come to pass.’ To join Mark Cocker, please sign Gavin Gamble’s e-petition which…

Chris Packham, naturalist, photographer, author and TV presenter says: ‘Out of place, out of date, out of order and out of time – driven grouse shooting is finished, so lets kill it off ‘.   To join Chris Packham, please sign Gavin Gamble’s e-petition which calls for a ban on driven grouse shooting.

Ceri and Ralph say ‘We support the ban on driven grouse shooting because this “sport” benefits the few to the detriment of many who have no idea just how much wildlife has been taken from the landscape. We owe it to the creatures that inhabit our land to stop the persecution now. As Gonzovationists, we…