Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is still waiting for a response from Defra 20 days after passing 10,000 signatures. Today it has just passed 12,000 signatures. Well done Gavin – slow but steady progress. You seem to have the minister stumped for a reply… Here are the leading constituencies so far –…
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The first six weeks
Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is still waiting for a response from Defra. It now stands at 11,154 signatures. Here are the leading constituencies so far – many of them are old friends (all with 50+ signatures): Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, Drew Hendry MP, 85 signatures Skipton and Ripon, Julian Smith MP,…
The first five weeks
Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting is still waiting for a response from Defra. It now stands at 10,867 signatures. Here are the leading constituencies so far – many of them are old friends (all with 50+ signatures): Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, Drew Hendry MP, 83 signatures Skipton and Ripon, Julian Smith MP,…
The first four weeks
Gavin Gamble’s e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting passed 10,000 signatures on Friday. This, importantly, will trigger a response from Defra – a valuable insight into whether the government is still in denial about wildlife crime or whether the message is getting through. Here are the leading constituencies so far – many of them are…
Signs of progress
It’s sometimes difficult to tell how well the message that grouse moor management is environmentally unsustainable, economically harmful and in any case underpinned by wildlife crime is spreading. It also feels like there is a bit of a feeling of ‘ what’s the point?’ around the current e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. That’s a…