Yesterday Natural England announced that it had issued licences for Defra’s highly controversial Hen Harrier brood management scheme (but this blog by Raptor Persecution UK is a much better description of what is going on). Natural England was once a statutory nature conservation organisation of high repute but it is no longer fit for purpose. …
Category: e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting
Update – we are 11,061 ahead
Here is an update on three e-petitions about grouse shooting: Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting – c25,547 signatures Jane Griggs’s e-petition supporting grouse shooting – c14,486 signatures Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in favour of licensing grouse shooting – c2,046 signatures Last week saw the ‘Gamble-ban’ e-petition pass 25,322 signatures (the highest…
Defra responds to the pro-grouse shooting e-petition
On a busy day for environmental news Defra decided to publish their response to the Jane Griggs e-petition in favour of grosue shooting. Funny that. This is what they wrote: Grouse shooting is a legitimate activity that provides economic benefits, jobs and investment in some of our most remote areas and can offer important benefits…
Well done Gavin Gamble
Yesterday, Gavin Gamble’s ‘ban driven grouse shooting’ e-petition passed another milestone. 25,322 signatures were amassed by a pro-grouse shooting e-petition last year – Gavin’s e-petition has passed that number in only just over half the available time. Well done Gavin and thank you to everyone who has supported him. If you haven’t signed yet then…
Update – we are 10,905 ahead
Here is an update on three e-petitions about grouse shooting: Gavin Gamble’s e-petition in favour of banning driven grouse shooting – c25,200 signatures Jane Griggs’s e-petition supporting grouse shooting – c14,300 signatures Ed Hutchings’s e-petition in favour of licensing grouse shooting – c1,900 signatures The last week has seen the ‘Gamble-ban’ e-petition pass 25,000 signatures,…