I’m giving a talk at the YWT Stirley community farm on Thursday evening. Details and how to book – click here. ‘Author, campaigner and naturalist Mark Avery on his campaigns to protect the Hen Harrier and why he thinks driven grouse shooting should be banned. The venue for the talk is Hall Bower Chapel, 69A…
Category: e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting
Write to your MP this weekend – Firm Briefing 21
I’ve been in London since the evidence session on Tuesday and have met or been in touch with many MPs. The strong message comes back that the grouse shooting industry is rattled and on the back foot because never before has it faced such public scrutiny. We have posed the questions when will wildlife crime…
What next?
Yesterday – evidence session Today – written evidence from the four witnesses who were called to give evidence in person published In the next few days hundreds of written submissions received by the inquiry will be published I will submit supplementary evidence to the Committee I believe that option is open to the public too…
You can’t ignore 123,076 signatures
The shooting community lacks good losers – but they had better get better at it. One of their current bugbears is the wave of public opinion that has carried the subject of driven grouse shooting into the Westminster parliament. The simple fact is that only 38 petitions have been debated in this session of parliament…
Written evidence from the four witnesses who gave oral evidence.
My written evidence RSPB’s written evidence Countryside Alliance’s written evidence Moorland Association’s written evidence The inquiry received hundreds of statements of written evidence which will be published over the next few days. It’s a big job for the committee clerks to read it all, exclude any evidence that might be libellous or inappropriate for…